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Wipe up Ants With Listerine

          Few things make one's skin crawl like ants running all over the kitchen counters and bathroom.   But we can do something about ants in the house.   Fill a spray bottle with Listerine.  Spray them; watch them squirm and die; and wipe them up.  Do so wherever you see them; keep a small spray bottle in each room they tend to appear.  Walmart has cute little spray bottles that are perfect for the job. Listerine kills ants with the same aromatic oils and alcohol that kill the germs in your mouth.  Natural pest control companies use much the same kind of oils to kill insects in and around your house, in much greater concentration for longer effect, I’m sure.  The oils soften their exoskeletons, clogging their breathing holes.  On small ants, it works immediately; larger ones take a little longer to die. Listerine kills ants only as long as it is wet; once it evaporates, they will return.  Persistence wins the game. It also works outside, wherever and whenever ants are