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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.


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