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Ants

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The highly mobile carpenter ant

An interesting observation I’ve had over the years about carpenter ants is that they tend to move nests sites quite a lot. Now if you’re looking for that little blue link where I send you to wiki ant encyclopedia or googles god of all pest control knowledge to back up my claim you might be [...]

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Don’t let your ant inspections go in the tank (Inspection tips)

In my opinion battles with ants are won or lost before the first ounce of pest control is ever applied. It is in the inspection that you can formulate your plan and see exactly what you’re dealing with and only by taking a few minutes to survey the situation will you ever get ahold of [...]

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Quick ant removal

What do you do when ants are literally running all over the floor? Do you grab your Raid, foggers or just pick em off one by one with your pin stream setting on your sprayer? None of theses are really that great because they’ll either stain, be slick, cause you to leave the premises or [...]

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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 out a fire and boy that does feel real good. The problem however is that [...]

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Carpenter ants for sale

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 and perhaps want you’re money back right? Well, if you lived in Oregon or Maryland [...]

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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 the milk from the babies bottle. Fire ants are very active at night and this [...]

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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 run. In Florida however the carpenter ant is not as destructive nor as much of [...]

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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 and it definitely keeps me on my toes. A lot of the questions I get [...]

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The reluctant Rasberry ant

If you had a time machine and were to travel a billion seconds into the past you would end up in 1959, dial that machine to a billion minutes and you just might see Jesus walking the streets of Galilee. One more click of that dial to a billion hours in the past and you [...]

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The mysterious above ground ant tunnels

Ant tunnels are usually not very elaborate and rarely go more than 6 to 8 inches high. Ants do not create any material to cement the passage so it is sort of like a Jenga stack of soil.

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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.

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Fire ant life raft

I’d love to say I found this awesome video for you but alas I did not. Pete Grasso from PMP’s blog does a great job on finding all kinds of useful information on anything pest control and I mean anything. He is the managing editor for this national leading magazine and his quick insightful writing [...]

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How to tell a Thief ant from a Pharaoh

Both of these ants can be extremely difficult and reoccurring problems. I’ve had many cases where they were so frustrating I wanted to just curl up in a corner and die.

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The little known Citronella ant

The two looks I got were, relief from the potential client knowing she didn’t have to spend $700.00 on a carpenter ant job and a cold angry stare from the salesman who just lost 15% commission.

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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 are becoming quite popular across the country and offer a distinct look and feel to [...]

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