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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How to Prevent Entry

Ants are able to enter through the smallest of cracks making physical proofing difficult.

First try to identify where the nest is located. It may be under the doorstep, under footpath flagstones, inside the house under the floor boards, in the cavity wall and so on.

Potential food sources should be contained within sealed packaging.

Make sure that all obvious access points such as gaps in skirting boards, cracks in floors and walls are sealed with a suitable sealant.

However, insecticidal barriers are the most effective; see our to 'How to Control' section.