Are Ants a Sign of Something Worse?
Are ants a sign of something worse going on under your home and on your property? Have you noticed a trail of ants in your home or outside? You could have Fire Ants (Sol enopsis), Sugar Ants (Componotus Consobrinus), or even Carpenter Ants (Componotus), which are all common in our area. Not only are these insects pesky, but can carry a stinging bite and even worse complications for those who may be allergic.
When it comes to Wood-eating ants, they play a major role in our ecosystem. They eat old, dead and rotting wood and allows for composting to begin, eventually allowing for new life to begin. Ants also eat other insects, which helps to remove dead ad possibly smelly carcasses from lying around. I'm sure you've noticed a dead insect covered by ants at some point in your life.
Carpenter Ants (Camponotus) for one can cause major damage to your home and other structures such as sheds and dog houses you may have on your property. Most people wouldn't think that ants could cause so much damage, but they absolutely can and quickly.
While there are many pesticides available to the public to kill different species of ants, sometimes eradicating an ant problem will require hiring a pest control company. Http://YourPestControl.com
What I'm about to tell you may shock you and even be unbelievable, but it's absolutely true. Many times, you may just have ant colonies living on your property, but have you ever applied pesticides to kill the ants and it never worked? Have you even hired a pest control company, only to realize you still had an ant problem? The problem may not actually be the ants. Ask yourself, have you been throwing scrap food out into your yard? No? I didn't think so. Ants have to have a food source to survive. As I mentioned earlier, ants will eat other insects, and their favorite treats are termites! How to get rid of termites.
More than likely, if you've done everything you can to get rid of your ant problem and it just won't subside, you absolutely have termites on your property.
In the state of Alabama, it is a known fact with our agriculture that Subterranean Termite (Reticulitermes Flavipes) colonies commonly contain 10,000 to 25,000 termites. However, they have been known to have upwards of 5 million termites per colony per half acre of land. In other words, you absolutely have 20,000 individual termites per acre of land minimum and up to 10 million termites per acre of land. There's no denying the facts that termites present an ever present danger. With this amount of termite activity on your property, you'll never get rid of your ant problem without seeking out professional help.
In order to fix your ant problem, you must kill their food source, This means having a termite inspection completed on your property. You will always have a level of termite and ant activity on your property. Having insects is a normal part of life, but when they become a nuciance,it's time to seek help.
Your First Step of Action & Things You Need to Know:
1. Have your home and property inspected by a pest control company.
(They will be able to provide you with a detailed report with their findings and provide you with a comprehensive treatment plan).
2. There are 3 treatments options available to get rid of termites.
3. Those options are a repellancy, a bait or a kill option.
4. A repellancy won't get rid of the termites or the ants. This will only push them away for a little while.
5. A bait is specifically designed to attract termites. These baits are placed 10 feet apart all the way around your home. If you don't have termites eating on your home and you place bait around your home, that just doesn't sound very wise. Guess what happens next?
6. You must choose a kill option when dealing with termites on your property.
7. Termites can travel 150 feet per day and consume 1 pound of wood per week. That's 52 lbs of wood on your property potentially destroyed in as little as just 1 year.
8. You have a bigger problem on your hands than just ants!
9. You have a termite problem, which will destroy your home and leave your family devastated.
10. A termite treatment will protect and save your home, and start the process of eliminating the ants.
11. We have been in business for over 26 years, and we see this all of the time. We are more than capable of helping you with your ant and termite problem. Call us today at Custom Pest Control to schedule your in-home inspection and receive your free treatment plan. 256-706-3315.
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