Ants can enter your house through even the tiniest cracks, seeking water and sweet or greasy food substances in the kitchen pantry or storeroom areas.
They will release an invisible chemical trail which contains pheromones for others to follow once they locate the food source.
Ants can nest about anywhere in and around your house; in lawns, walls, stumps, even under foundations.
The size of the ants’ colonies can up to 300,000 to 500,000 and whole colonies can uproot and relocate quickly when threatened.
A colony can live a relatively long lifetime. Worker ants may live seven years and the queen may live as long as 15 years.
Control Methods
A successfully ants’ treatment should involve a 4 steps process:
- Correct identification: This step require a lot of expertise and wide knowledge in ants’ species and behavior.
- Locate the nest: It’s crucial to identify where they come from and target their harborage site.
- Baiting: Long lasting baits are used. Ants share their food among the colony members and eventually the whole colony is eliminated.
- Perimeter barrier treatment: The chemical barrier are created to prevent ants enter into your premise. In this case, the chemical used are long lasting and high repellency.
