WE may be enjoying the hot weather, but it often comes with ants.

As soon as the weather warms up the bugs can get everywhere around the home – and it can often be extremely annoying to keep on top of.

Although harmless, nobody wants ants crawling around their home, and even worse creating a nest in your home.

Ants may enter your home in order to find a food source.

A scout ant will leave the nest in search of food, leaving a trail of pheromones.

Once it finds food it will follow the trail back, leaving more pheromones, which other ants will follow in their search for food.

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If this happens, there could be an army of ants running around the house in search of everything from grains of sugar to dirty dishes.

But there are techniques that homeowners can do to get rid of the pesky bugs. 

Which is what one recent person found out.

Taking to the Facebook group Cleaning tips and tricks, Zena wrote: “Help! I am getting ants in my house. Any recommendations to keep them at bay. I do have a dog in the home.” 

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The post attracted tonnes of responses, and many seemed to agree on the same tip.

A couple of cleaning fans recommended cinnamon powder, which can be bought from Aldi for around 65p.

One wrote: “Sprinkle Cinnamon powder where it's needed.” 

Whilst someone else said: “Cinnamon sprinkled on the counter and around the sink.” 

A third added: “Omg I really feel for you. 

“I had them twice last year while I was pregnant. 

“Flying ants too! It was really bad. I then found a nest under my sink and destroyed it. 

“Then they tried to find ways of getting into my utility room so I put down cinnamon and whole cloves and so far I’ve not seen one ant. 

“Thank God!”

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