Nampa Ant Control

Most ants come from the outside and they enter homes for the same reasons as other pests -in search of food, shelter, and water.  Most ants have established colonies around the homes’ landscape; however, they can also establish colonies anywhere inside the structure of your home, particularly the odorous house ant.  Since ants  need food to keep the colony alive, the colony’s workers exit the colony often in search for food.  It is when they have found the food source that a homeowner will see the ants trailing up and down walls, kitchen counters, etc.  Kitchens are a great source for ants to get their food.  The kitchen is an area where ants find food crumbs all over the place, especially in areas that are not often swept.  Extreme weather can also displace an ant colony and force it to establish indoors where they are protected from harsh temperatures and elements.  Moisture from leaky pipes and bathrooms can also attract ants and allow them to get established nearby.    

Treatments for ants consists of a variety of sprays, baits, and even the use of exclusion methods.  Sprays consists of kill-on-contact and non- repellants.  Non-repellant sprays are the most effective at controlling ants. While a kill-on-contact product will kill ants immediately, it will more than likely not eradicate the colony at the core.  Kill-on-contact insecticides will also disrupt ants and their pheromones thus scattering the colony and worsening the problem, in the long run.  Non-repellants, on the other hand, will allow for ants to come in contact with the product while being undetected by them.  Ants, then, take the residuals of the non-repellant product deep into the colony and begin to spread the product with other ants.  In addition, most Nampa ant control experts will use baits.  Baits have been found to be highly effective at eliminating ant populations. These baits are set out in areas where ants are seen trailing or feeding.  The bait is usually placed inside cracks and crevices or on a small holder or inside a bait station.  Once an ant finds the bait, they will feed and take the bait back to the colony. This is in fact, what ants do with all of the food they find inside a home. The bait is then given to the queen and others in the colony and, eventually, it will kill the entire population.