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Rid Your Home of Pharaoh Ants
by Tim Taylor
Description: Tips for exterminating Pharoah ants.
There are many different kinds of ants in the
United States. Some require specialty treatments.
Before you decide to treat for ants yourself, find
out what kind they are.
Some ants require a specialty treatment. Among
them are the pharaoh ant. This ant requires a
special kind of treatment. If you spray for these
ants you'll just scatter them throughout your
home. So no spraying for pharaoh ants, please.
The pharaoh ant is the little tiny ant that people
sometimes call sugar ant or piss ant. Don't
confuse these with other little tiny ants.
The Pharaoh ant is only about 1/15 to 1/12 inch
long and very light colored. A real light
yellowish to reddish brown. The way to distinguish
them from other little tiny ants is by the
presence of three segments on the antennal club.
You'll have to have a microscope to see these
segments.
Visitor comments: I used TERRO and TERRO type products inside my home to try
to get rid of Pharoah/Sugar ants which helped some but definitely not
as much as was needed.
Finally a contractor working on my property suggested I put the poison
OUTSIDE my house near the area where the ants were coming in and/or
near the ant hills. If there was a chance the ant bait was going to get
wet from rain I covered the poison with an upside down empty cottage
cheese or yogurt container with a small slot cut in it to allow the ants
ample access to the poison.
This has worked great! In fact once I started feeding them outside
they stopped coming in my house to find food. I still get one or two
ants coming in now and then but that is "do-able" as they say.
Also, I have a bubble gum machine that the ants loved until I put a Bay
Leaf in it. The ants stayed out and the Bay Leaf didn't effect the
taste or smell of the gum...Barbara.
They will invade your kitchen and bathroom and
other areas throughout your home. If you want to
treat for these ants yourself go to your local
hardware store or home improvement center and buy
a product called Terro. Read the label and apply
accordingly in the areas you are seeing the
pharaoh ant. Come back and inspect in a short
while and you'll probably see them feeding on this
bait.
If you have to call your local pest control
company they are probably going to do the same
thing and use the same thing anyway or something
similar. You save yourself some time and money.
This product also works on other small ants also.
If you are unsure of what kind of ants you have,
call a professional you can trust for a free
inspection. After all you don't have to buy their
service.
The Author of this article has been in the pest
control business for over 10 years and has treated
many homes of ants and other insects. To find out
more about ants and other insects visit his
website and view the free Insect Identification
Guide. http://www.infobreaks.com.
