Ants
Ant Facts
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The Black Garden Ant is the most common ant found in and around UK homes and gardens. They are harmless but can be a nuisance.
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Pharoah Ant infestations are much rarer and typically found in well centrally heated buildings and apartment blocks.
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Ants are typically attracted to food debris and particularly sweet foods and sugar.
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Ants are fantastic miners and nests can be up to 6ft underground, which is why an eradication is never fully guaranteed.
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Flying Ants is the queens hatching out for the mating season. It usually coincides with the hottest and most humid days on the year, typically around thunderstorms.
Signs of Ants
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Large numbers of ants in your property, usually the kitchen or coming in from a nearby garden.
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Powdered, fine and loose brickwork dust.
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Ants sighted in garages, kitchens, wall cavities and in kitchens where foodstuff or debris may have been dropped.
Biology of Ants
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Ants are 3-5mm long
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They are very much a summer issue.
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They mate on some of the warmest days of the year and typically during humid periods, hence why you see flying ants before a thunderstorm.
Ant Treatment
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For the common Black Garden Ant we use a gel bait and spraying treatment.
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For more severe and persistent Black Ant infestations that haven't subsided using the gel bait method, we may suggest a wall drilling and injection treatment into a wall cavity. All infestations are unique and treatment is decided upon each individual situation.
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For more specialist treatments like Pharaoh Ants, please contact us for more information.
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Our treatments for ants CANNOT be guaranteed but are incredibly successful. This is due to the nature of ants, their resurgence rate, ability to get through most cracks and build nests up to 6ft deep.