ANT PEST CONTROL
Ants are very difficult to control. They are tiny creatures and their numbers are huge. They always move in groups. Some factors are to be kept in mind for controlling ants. Ant’s behavior is to be studied deeply for ant control.
Entries
Ants are always looking for food. They are fond of sweet food, or greasy food. They also look for drinking water. They can enter in any house through the tiniest of cracks or hole. All such entries are to be found out and sealed properly to deny entry to ants.
Chemical trails
Ants always move in a line .They are in search of food and drink. When they find food or drink, they start leaving a scent of a chemical. This is called pheromone. Any ant can trace this scent and reach the spot. This scent has to be carefully removed to stop entry of ants into the house.
Habitat locations
Ants build nest to live in. They live as a colony. Colonies have large number of ants in them. The ants can build nests anywhere near human houses. They can be in lawns, gardens, woods, soil, just anywhere. Their presence in the surroundings makes it difficult to stop their entries. Their nest must be destroyed to prevent their entry in the house.
Colony building
Ant’s nests combine in colonies. A single colony may have 300000 to 500000 ants in it. Ants have amazing capacity to rebuild. If a colony is destroyed, it can be relocated and rebuild within couple of hours. This makes entry of ant very difficult.
Life span
Ants have fairly long life span. The workers can live up to seven years. A queen may live up to fifteen years. The life of entire colony is therefore, fairly long. They reproduce a lot in their life time and they grow in population tremendously making the control difficult.
Extermination
Domestic extermination methods kill ants those are visible. But the largest number of ants remains hidden from sight. They reappear very quickly and create the nuisance value again. So apparent extermination of ants are actually of no value.
Ants control indoors
There are some ants that enter in the house and stay there. They build nests inside the house. These ants can build nests in the house all the year long. These ants are a huge problem and are equally difficult to control. They build nests in the walls of the house, the floor of the house and in all cracks and crevices around. These ants are more protected inside the house than outside, so they grow faster in number and create havoc in the house. They invade every possible place in search of food and are seen everywhere in the house. Some of them bite viciously causing extreme pain and irritation with burning sensation. They are very injurious to children and elderly people. They should be exterminated as soon as possible.Inside ants can be controlled by ant baits. These ant baits are available in granule form, gel form or in station. These ant baits are very safe to be used inside house. One should read the instructions carefully and follow them. These ant baits are easy to use. They are safe even for children. The ant baits are to be laid near the ant nests and the ants become trapped in them and cannot escape. However, for both outdoor and indoor ant extermination, professionsl pest control service provides best results.
