Example of ants running around my car, seriously i wonder what are they looking for on my car.
Another example of ants around us when i am eating at the Mamak, Note the table is orange colour but its not my car this time.
It seems ok for them to run around you may say, but what if its in your house, running around looking for food and eventually running all over you when you are sleeping? You won't wan't to eat it accidentally during your sleep right? So here is a way to keep a border for for them!!
Using Cinnamon, Cinnamon have proven to repel insects such as mosquito and also Ants ~
Scientist tested 11 compound inside cinnamon leaf on mosquito, however only 4 are effective and those compound are Cinnamaldehyde, cinnamyl acetate, eugenol and anethole. And within these 4 compound Cinnamaldehyde works best as it is also responsible for the odor which ants dislike as well as the flavor in our food. Cinnamaldehyde is an aromatic aldehyde which explain its odor smell.
Aromatic mean they contain a benzene ring, Benzene ring are organic with the formula C6H6. It is what that give the sweet scent that helps build the odor of the Cinnamon.
The structure of Cinnamaldehyde is shown as following, it have a molecular formula of C9H8O, It don't just repel insects, it also repel dogs and cat due to its strong odor. It is known as an aldehyde because it contain a carboxylic group connected to a hydrogen instead of carbon. Aldehyde are organic compound, they are not alcohol. Cinnamaldehyde have proven to kill mosquito larvae in less than 24 hour, thus a high quantity of cinnamaldehyde might even kill the ants !!! Dont sprinkle at their path because it will cause the ants to run around like when escaping from a fire outbreak, yes cinnamaldehyde burns skin if keep contact for too long, thus we use cinnamon power which contain a small amount of cinnamaldehyde instead of cinnamon oil which mostly contain cinnmaldehyde. Since oil is also an organic solvent, thus there is no problem for cinnamaldehyde to dissolve into oil.
How to Repel the Ants
1) Know your enermy, know yourself, you need to track their path from where they came from.
2) After you found their invasion point, pour cinnamon powder to block their path.
3) Then watch the magic as the ants retreat from that invasion point.
If you don't like ants at a certain area, you can also pour cinnamon on that area just to be sure.
Please don't use cinnamon to play with the ants, they are living organism as well ~~
Ants are awsome, These scent are known as Track Pheromone, Its a kind of hormones secreted by not only ants but other organism as well. Cinnamaldehyde are able to block the scent, as the scent will eventually fade away if no new ants continue to create the trail. If you are interested in Ants, below are the full documentary of instead of the 2minute video about ants.
Cinnamon is always used as spices for our food and even perfume, since its aromatic, although most perfume are made with alcohol because they evaporate quickly, however cinnamon if used as perfume are also able to repel mosquito, and who knows it even repel dogs or cats that planned to attack you!!!!
Aromatic mean they contain a benzene ring, Benzene ring are organic with the formula C6H6. It is what that give the sweet scent that helps build the odor of the Cinnamon.
The structure of Cinnamaldehyde is shown as following, it have a molecular formula of C9H8O, It don't just repel insects, it also repel dogs and cat due to its strong odor. It is known as an aldehyde because it contain a carboxylic group connected to a hydrogen instead of carbon. Aldehyde are organic compound, they are not alcohol. Cinnamaldehyde have proven to kill mosquito larvae in less than 24 hour, thus a high quantity of cinnamaldehyde might even kill the ants !!! Dont sprinkle at their path because it will cause the ants to run around like when escaping from a fire outbreak, yes cinnamaldehyde burns skin if keep contact for too long, thus we use cinnamon power which contain a small amount of cinnamaldehyde instead of cinnamon oil which mostly contain cinnmaldehyde. Since oil is also an organic solvent, thus there is no problem for cinnamaldehyde to dissolve into oil.
How to Repel the Ants
1) Know your enermy, know yourself, you need to track their path from where they came from.
2) After you found their invasion point, pour cinnamon powder to block their path.
3) Then watch the magic as the ants retreat from that invasion point.
If you don't like ants at a certain area, you can also pour cinnamon on that area just to be sure.
Please don't use cinnamon to play with the ants, they are living organism as well ~~
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