If you have questions about your ants, ask your uncles.
There are a large variety of ants, but most don’t create problems for homeowners in this area. Of the ones we see, the odorous house ant is the most common, the carpenter ant is the most damaging, and the pharoah ant is the most difficult to kill.
acrobat ant swarmers and workers (top), ants at threshold (lower)
These ants nested in the ground, but came up the wall and entered the building through the air conditioning pipe access.
Sometimes ants are your friends. These ants were helping control a termite swarm.
If you don’t want your ants on your Christmas card list, call us. We can help.
