Introduction
Pharaoh ants are very, very
small yellowish ants that can be a major nuisance inside a building.
There are usually several Pharaoh ants' nests in an infested
building and each nest usually contains several thousand individuals. The
nests each have several egg-laying queens so their reproduction rate is very
high.
Only about 5% of the workers from each nest search for food.
Killing those workers disrupts the colony and causes it to split into
multiple new colonies. The end result: a worse problem than before the
workers were killed. It is extremely important,
therefore, that nothing be sprayed to kill the ants you see!
Control
Control of Pharaoh ants must be achieved using a slow-acting
poisoned bait. The worker ants carry the bait to their nests and feed it to
the queens and developing young. In this way the colonies are gradually
killed.
We need your help to eliminate the Pharaoh ants.
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Do not kill them. Allow them to carry the baits we are
using home with them.
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Keep your home spotlessly clean. Don't give the ants any
spilled food to eat. Make them eat our baits.
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Report all ants you see. We need to know where the ants
are feeding so we can put baits in those areas.
Pharaoh ant control is difficult and slow. With your help,
however, we will eliminate them.
To see some of the application and control equipment and materials we use to
manage insect and bug pests click here.
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