Our Part: Depending on where you are having an issue with the ants will determine if you require just an internal or external ant treatment. Internally, we use a low toxic ant bait which will be placed on areas where you are seeing ant trails. Externally we will spray around the perimeter of the house.
Your Part: Wipe counter-tops down, wipe under appliances to remove food scraps, wipe down any open jars of honey, syrups or sugars.
After the Treatment: It is common to continue to see ants up to 2 weeks after treatment. The ants will carry the insecticide back to the nest, if you have been provided with ant bait, please use as per technician’s instructions. If ants appeared scattered or dying the treatment is working.
About the chemical: We use Eco-friendly chemical which is non toxic and health dept. approved.
When you think about ants consider the unsanitary paths they travel before they end up in your home, on your counter-tops, in your cupboards and near your food so you should take steps to keep them away!
Ants externally do not get eradicated with the traditional cockroach/spider sprays and ants will usually stay away from areas that have been conventionally treated with spider or cockroach sprays.
Our ant treatments will not just eradicate the surface ants but the entire nest of ants and their queen.
Internal: We will place low toxic ant bait on areas where you are seeing ant trails which the ants will carry back with them to the nest which kills the colony and queen. If your ant problem is only an on the inside part of your house then the bait alone is sufficient.
External: We use a product called Bayer which is sprayed around the perimeter of your house.
Both the ant bait and external spray with Antmaster Liquid Bait or Advanced ant killer will work in the same manner where the ants basically do all the work by carrying the poison back with them to the nest.
The ants are unable to determine that the bait and spray are a insecticide they walk over the product, carry it back with them to the nest, pass the chemical amongst each other whereby they are in fact eradicating the entire colony including the queen.
The benefit of this treatment too is that no matter where the nest is located, the ants will carry the insecticide with them back to the nest.
There is no need to go and search for the nest, as the ants do all the hard work!
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Outside:
Maxforce® Quantum is a ready to use insecticidal bait for the rapid control of a variety of ants. Children and pets may re-enter a treated area once it has completely dried.
The Ant Bait which has been used by us is assessed by the US Pesticide and Veterinary Medicine Authority and Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing and is fully approved for use in domestic situations.
It is water-based and virtually has no odour, will not leach through soil and is not damaging to soil micro-organisms, earthworms and plants. In addition, the active ingredient is used extensively on food crops around the world and as the leading product for flea and tick control on dogs and cats.
It has also been safely used in over 4 million homes throughout the USA, Europe and Asia. Preparing for An Ant Treatment
Internally: Clean up internally. Limit the clutter within the house as having a cluttered house can introduce pests to your home and become a harbourage area for pests. Limit paper goods and throw out cardboard boxes. Wipe down counter-tops, under your appliances to remove any food scraps and wipe down any open jars of honey, syrups or sugars.
Externally: Mow the lawns, limit your garbage outside, clean up the backyard area and pack away kids or pet toys.
Firstly, it is common to see ants sitting near or around the ant bait that is used internally. Do not wipe them away or disturb them in any way, we want the ants to carry the bait back with them to the nest and by interrupting them when you see them on the ant bait interrupts the process of the ants carrying the bait back with them to the nest.
Service Manta is Best Pest Control offer a 90 days warranty on our ant treatments.
If after you have had an ant treatment done and you are continuing to have an issue with ants after 6 weeks contact us and we will organize a technician to come back to your property and address the issue at no cost to you.
When it comes to pests, ants are the biggest concern for many people. For control methods to be successful, it’s important to know what type of ant problem you have. When you’re not sure what type of ant you’re dealing with, it’s important to get a trained specialist to identify them for you.
This can be done by doing the following: use a watertight vial and collect a few of the ants. Be sure to add 70 percent (isopropyl) alcohol – not water – put them in a crush proof box. Ants are very tiny and look like one another, especially when looked at with the naked eye. Only trained specialists can tell what an ant species is.
Most them have no wings, but many times homeowners mistake these creatures for swarming, winged termites. This could send a homeowner into a panic state. There are five ways to know if you have an ant problem or termite problem:
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