I pot a small cup with peppermint oil in it on my kitchen counter. Threw in a couple of clothespins to wick the oil up. I haven’t had ants in two years—and this condo was built on a gigantic ant colony! They would invade every summer and make us miserable. Nothing kept them at bay... until the peppermint essential oil.
Had an ant attack in the trailer while camping. I fought them back and put another jar of oil out on that counter too. Ants stopped trying to invade in two hours!
YES! I discovered during an ant invasion that they HATE peppermint oil. I refuse to kill ants or any bugs unless they’re the biting kind, nor do I use any toxic pesticides which are harmful to good bugs too and people. I actually studied up on ant behavior and I really like them. Just not 1000 of them in the house.
Currently I put a small yogurt lid in a corner with a spoon of honey so the few ants in the house don’t wander around and get stepped on, they just eat honey and go away.