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D & T Pest and Termite Control, Inc. - 1-888-8-BUG-OFF (828-4633)

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Ants...

Carpenter Ants

  • Ants vary in color from black, red or even brown
  • Workers range from 1/8 to ½ inch long
  • Winged reproductives vary in size from ¾ to 1 inch long
  • Winged reproductives develop in a colony after 3-5 years
  • If you are readily seeing reproductives(winged ants) in your home strongly suggests a colony with in your home.
  • While termites eat the wood, carpenter ants cause damage to the wood by excavating galleries for nesting.
  • Sawdust or wood shavings is a clear indication a carpenter ant problems exsists.

If you have an ant problem or want to make sure you don’t get one, count of us to break the pest life-cycle and prevent future infestations.  For more information or to schedule a free consultation, please contact us today.

Pavement Ants

  • Pavement ants vary in color.  Although typically light to dark brown, pavement ants can sometimes have a reddish tint.
  • The size of the ant colony will be very consistent averaging 1/10 of an inch.
  • Winged reproductive can be much larger.
  • Pavement ants prefer sand soil and usually live underground, but nests can also be found indoors in walls and under floors
  • They feed on many things, but prefer greasy and/or sweet foods.
  • Commonly, colonies of numbers up to 500,000.  All it takes is for one ants to find a piece of food and in a short amount of time the area will be covered.
  • They accomplish this by laying down a pheromone trail, which allows for ants underground to follow the pheromone trail back to the food source.

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