Control Ants Infestations

In recent years, ants have become the main pest infesting homes and are typically very hard to manage. Effective management of ant infestations involves some capacity that is learned through knowledge of ant behavior and experience in the treatment of ants.

With more than 700 species, it can be quite a struggle to classify ants. Begin by searching for trails. Ants travel alone quite rarely and are generally spotted when they search along well-established routes as a colony. Look at the size of the ants when you’ve found a track. Are they similar or do the sizes vary? Do you also observe when the ants are busy, day or night? Look for nests, especially in areas with soil, at the end of the trails. Depending on the ant species, soil nests have separate shapes or patterns.

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Infestations of ants appear to happen rapidly. You can be shocked to discover how interesting these little creatures really are, regardless of whether your ant problem is an irritation or an all-out infestation.

Here are some facts about ants: 

Ants Behavior

Ants are social insects that live in colonies and have many distinct individual forms or castes. In the colony, each caste has a different role or task.

Staff feed food, build the nest and care for the young and the reproductives. The initial queen and the swarmers have reproductives. The role of the original queen was to lay eggs. Winged males and females are swarmers that fly out to start new colonies and spread to new regions. During the swarm, these swarmers mate, and the male dies soon after.

By complete metamorphosis, ants develop, meaning the eggs hatch into larvae that the workers must care for. The larvae pupate into workers or reproductives who are adults. The colony matures after two or three years and starts to develop swarmers every year.

 

Get Rid of Ants

Before attempting ant control, it is important to identify the ant species in order to get rid of ants. Some ant species can be managed using baits, including Pharaoh ants, while others can not. To successfully get rid of ants, it is typically important to follow them back to their colony and directly treat the colony. Experts in Benlux Hygiene pest control have the skills to correctly classify your ants and kill them.

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