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How Not To Get Rid Of Ants
7/15/13
Ants can be a real challenge to get rid of, especially once they’ve established a colony near your home or even inside it. These pests are known to be the number one pest problem for homeowners in the US and for good reason. The foraging members of an ant colony will enter your home through cracks in the foundation or gaps in the exterior of your home, looking for food to take back to their colony. Open food packages in the cupboard, food on counter tops or even pet food will be enough to satisfy their hunger, so having these items out in the open can attract foraging ants. There are several ways to get rid of ants, but they are not all entirely effective. If you want to fully eliminate an ant problem inside your Colorado home, it is important that you go about ant control the right way.
What NOT to do:
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If you are attempting ant control on your own, don’t keep a dirty house. A home that has food spills and crumbs everywhere is certain to attract more ants than the ones that have already arrived.
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Don’t leave your home open to the elements either. If you know about cracks or gaps in the exterior of your structure, make sure you seal those areas to keep invading insects out.
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If you plan to use DIY products to get rid of ants, don’t reach for an aerosol container of ant spray. This type of ant control product will only kill the ants that you can see, leaving the rest of the colony untouched and still thriving. An ant spray product is only a short term solution to a much bigger problem.
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If you choose to use an ant bait that will be carried back to the colony, don’t just set it down and forget about it. You need to make sure that the ant bait is one that attracts the ants you have inside your home. If they don’t like it, there’s no way it’s going to get carried back to their colony and your ant problem will continue.
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Don’t simply depend on one method of ant control; if the ants you have inside your home have a large variety of foods in their diet, the bait that you have set out for them will comprise only a small part of their diet, meaning they will continue to eat other foods in your home rather than the bait and again, your ant problem will persist. You may need to find another ant control method as well to supplement your ant bait stations.
These tips on how not to control an ant problem should help you move in the right direction when dealing with ants in the house. But the most important part of ant control is knowing that you shouldn’t have to deal with it on your own. Contacting a pest control professional that specializes in pests like ants is the smartest and most efficient option for ant control in Colorado. A pest control professional deals with all different kinds of ant problems regularly and they can immediately identify the ant you are dealing with. Once they determine your specific ant problem, they have a wealth of knowledge on the most effective ways to get rid of ants inside your CO home. Depending on the ant species, whether you have pavement ants, sugar ants, pharaoh ants or even carpenter ants, a pest control professional can eliminate the foragers inside your home, locate the nest and eliminate that as well. Don’t let ants be a problem for you; contact a pest control professional and let them deal with the dos and don’ts of ant control for your Colorado property!
If you are tired of dealing with ants in your Northern Colorado home, contact the professionals at EnviroPest today! They have been serving the residential and commercial properties of Fort Collins, Loveland and Windsor as well as throughout Northern CO since 1965 and are ready to help you with all your pest problems today!