Ants

There are a number of types of Ant native to the UK, We will first identify the nature of the infestation in order to apply the best solution when it comes to control. 

If it's your home or business, an Ant infestation is not only a nuisance but a potential health hazard.

The possibilities of where they have been before arriving at your premises are extremely worrying – you don’t want them crawling through your property’s food storage areas.

Ants will travel a long distance in search for food sources and leftovers; in most cases leaving trails so that other ants can find the same food source with ease. 

These particular insect infestations can become a real nuisance for businesses and households. 

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All our Technicians are RSPH Certified and will know exactly what to do when it comes to getting rid of Ants in and outside your home. They understand the habits of Ants and can offer the most appropriate and effective solution. It goes without saying that all our treatments are safe for your family and pets.

Ants are almost impossible to get rid of without the correct treatment.

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REMEMBER ANTS MULTIPLY FAST.

There are more than 8000 known species of ants. They differ greatly in the way that they construct their nests, form their colonies and obtain their food. Most ants are beneficial, scavenging on waste material and on other insects. Some, however, are pests and need to be controlled. The Pharaoh’s Ant, Monomorium pharaonis is one such species which, once introduced into premises can be extremely troublesome and difficult to remove. The Black Garden Ant, Lasius niger, is another species which, although generally found outdoors, can enter buildings in search of sweet foodstuff.

Nuisance Factor

The workers of both species are often a considerable nuisance when foraging for food or water along scent-marked trails. They feed on most foodstuffs, Pharaoh’s ants, preferring proteinaceous foods like meat, cheese and fats, the garden ant favouring sweet materials. Pharaoh’s ants also infest hospitals, feeding on blood, intravenous liquids, bodily excretions and sterile and soiled dressings. They commonly chew on materials and packaging and can even bite children. Clearly they pose a serious threat to health as vectors of pathogenic organisms. Black ants mass round sweet foods in the home but are a nuisance outside too. They excavate the soil, making it dry whilst simultaneously helping to cultivate greenfly to feed on the sweet secretions the greenfly produce whilst feeding.

Pharaoh's Ants

Pharaoh’s ants are social insects. Each member of the colony, (which can range from a few dozen to 300,000), has a particular function to perform within the community. The colony will consist of sterile female workers, sterile males and fertile queens – of which there can be many. Nests are established by a newly-mated queen which remains within the confines of the nest. The first batch of eggs hatches, producing grub-like larvae. The queen will then feed them for three weeks until they pupate. Adult ants emerge around 10 days later and take over the task of rearing subsequent batches of eggs. About 10% of workers forage for food, the remainder continue rearing and building the nest. The whole cycle from egg laying to adult takes about 5 weeks. Another way in which new colonies are formed is by a process known as budding and this can occur when a nest is disturbed (e.g. by use of residual insecticides), prompting the adult ant to carry larvae to a new site, from which they will rear queens and males.

Black Ants

Mating of black ants takes place almost exclusively on the wing and occurs for 2-3 hours when large swarms of winged ants can be seen. After mating the males die and the females lose their wings and dig a hole in the soil where they form a cell in which they hibernate overwinter