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Category Archives: Ants
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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The Odorous House Ant
The Odorous House ant despite its name is most often found outside. Odorous house also known as coconut ants do however invade structures when conditions such as too much or not enough rain exists. This specie of ant is found … Continue reading
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Tagged ants in house, how to get rid of house ants, information on ants, odorous ants, odorous house ant
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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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Tagged ants in house, field ants, pavement ant, piss ants, pissants, sugar ant
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The Argentine Ant
Argentine ants are not native to the United States but were brought here in the 1890’s and are considered a serious invading home invading pest. This small brown ant (2-3 mm in length) looks very similar to other ants but … Continue reading
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Tagged ants colonies, argentine ant, argentine ants, controlling ants, super ant colony
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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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Tagged get rid of ants, getting rid of ants, house ants, in the house, white ants
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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
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged how to find house ants, killing ants, odorous house ant, where do odorous house ants live
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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 … 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
