Ants

Negative Characteristics: Black and Red Garden Ants can be an irritation and they do bite if they feel threatened.

Redeeming Characteristics: Innocent garden dwellers where they search for flower nectar.

Quick Tips:

Thoroughly clean all areas where ants are seen, removing all potential food sources and storing it in sealed containers.
Best control is to eliminate the colony, not just target wandering individuals.
Use poison bait stations (natural or synthetic poisons are available) placed near to the areas of peak activity.
Make sure you keep replacing the bait until the ants stop feeding. Control will then be complete.

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Ants: Description & Life Cycle

Black ants are common and harmless garden dwellers. Occasionally they enter our buildings and become pests.

Description:

Lifecycle:

eggs are laid in late spring
white legless larvae hatch 3-4 weeks later
fed on secretions from the queen until fully grown
pupate to form ant eggs
from first batch, worker ants emerge and take over foraging duties and tend subsequent broods
male and queens are not produced until later in the summer
entire cycle takes about two months to complete
nest may remain viable for several years