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How To Deal With Ants In The Wall Sockets
In my busy route I have very little time to play games with pests. I have a full schedule that needs to be done, the client I’m serving at the moment who wants a thorough service and then there are … Continue reading
Baiting For Ants
Ants are everywhere! The last place you want to see them is in your house or worse… near where your kids play! I took the time this week to share with you some great tips from my new book “The … Continue reading
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The Dance Of Death & Fire Ants
The majority of fire ants found in the southwestern and southern U.S. are actually invaders, a non-native species that are the red imported fire ant (RIFA). They have several names that include the ginger ant or tropical fire ants and … Continue reading
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Tagged fire ant treatment, kill fire ants, red fire ant, red imported fire ant, rifa
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Bait And Switch Those Ants
Long before non repellants came along the pest control industry futilely tried to bait our ant problems into submission. A box of cut up drinking straws was standard issue on any bug truck. We charged hundreds of dollars to put … Continue reading
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Tagged advion ant gel, ants, arilon spray, how to bait ants, how to get rid of ants, non repellants for ants, termidor for ants
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Pavement Ants
As the name suggests pavement ants are so called because of their tendency to construct their nest under sidewalks, driveways and patios. Also known as stadium, piss, sugar, house or picnic ants they dot our pathways and landscapes with their … Continue reading
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White Footed Ants
The White Footed Ant is so named because although mostly dark in color, it’s tarsi or feet are cream or whitish in appearance. Often confused with the ghost and odorous house ant the white footed ant is known to be … Continue reading
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Carpenter ants in Florida
I’m pretty well versed with carpenter ants having dealt with them in many different areas. The farther north you go the more destructive this ant can be but in the sunshine state they’re not even on the top 10 list … Continue reading
Treating strategy for trailing ants
Did you know that the ants you see walking along in a trail at the most only represent 10% of the colony? Just realizing this should alert you to the fact that while you’re dousing even hundreds of foraging ants … Continue reading
It’s Not Always Spray First When It Comes To Acrobatic Ants
Ants can be a tough critter to control and truthfully who wants to just control them when they’re scurrying all over your kitchen counter tops? Most of us reach for the spray and hose em down like we were putting … Continue reading
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Tagged acrobatic ant control, acrobatic ants, ant control, ant video, ants in line, ants on trees, ants on wire
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Carpenter Ants For Sale In Florida
What would you think if I did a termite inspection for you on a home you’re buying and I neglected to tell you about the thousands of carpenter ants I found in your attic? I think you’d be pretty mad … Continue reading
Stopping Fire Ants From Getting Inside The Home
They don’t make a habit of coming inside but once they do it can get out of control pretty quickly. Many times the fire ant will invade a baby or toddlers room because scout ants find candy, cookie crumbs or … Continue reading
Carpenter ants
It’s a shame that where I live now we really don’t have a huge carpenter ant problem. Not to say that we don’t have them around, we do and at times a home in the south east can be over … Continue reading
Ask The Bug Doctor about fire ants
One feature of my blog that is growing in popularity is the Ask The Bug Doctor tab. Hardly a day goes by where I don’t get at least a few questions or comments. I enjoy trying to solve peoples problems … Continue reading
Making mound cakes with fire ants
you can pretty much guess where they are. An easier way might just be to drive the neighborhood streets and look for mound cakes, thats always a sure sign. Continue reading
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Ants in my pavers 5 rules of thumb
A common problem that many people have are ants popping up in their pavers. While not as devastating as termites in your home it still is rather disconcerting and just how to get rid of them can be frustrating. Pavers … Continue reading
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