Control of pharaoh ants
How to recognize pharaoh ants
Only 2-5 mm long and very slender – the largest diameter is barely 0.5 mm. Therefore, they can crawl into very narrow cracks and openings, it is practically impossible to close any space for them. They are dirty yellow in color. Females are 2 times larger than males and also darker, brownish..
Pharaoh ants in your home
Pharaoh ants can quickly and easily search every house, but they still make nests only in certain places, and their movement is later limited to fairly specific parts of the room. The nest is made as close as possible to the food site, but the microclimate is decisive – high humidity and heat above 20 degrees are optimal for nesting. At minus temperatures, pharaoh ants die, but at 10 degrees they become very lethargic. Therefore, irregularly heated houses are unsuitable for pharaoh ants.
The pharaoh mite has become an important hygiene pest. He can spread pathogens – streptococci, paratyphoid, tuberculosis, bacterial dysentery and poliomyelitis. Fighting pharaoh ants is difficult. The contact insecticides used to control pharaoh ants destroy the workers, but the female ants and pike remain in the nest. Female ants are more resistant to poison. When they smell danger, they can flee and hide in distant passages, living there for months on their larvae.
How to get rid of pharaoh ants with home remedies?
First of all, you need to find out where the ants come in and draw a line with tar in front of their entrance. Where possible, pour turpentine in front of their entrance. Moldy lemon slices placed in the path of ants or in their locations will scare them away. A piece of camphor poured with alcohol or vodka can also be used as a deterrent in the room for the control of ants. Ants disappear in a few days if a walnut-sized piece of yeast is mixed with 1 tbsp. sugar and a little water (you can also add a little honey), and distribute the resulting mixture into empty matchboxes, placing the boxes half-open in the places where the ants appear.
Get rid of pharaoh ants with the help of Insecto
The use of poison treats, which the worker ants also carry into the nest, has given better results. We offer the control of pharaoh ants as a service, because it is important to control the whole house. It guarantees to get rid of ants once and for all. We use professional tools that are not available in regular sales.
Summary
Controlling pharaoh ants requires a lot of persistence. Feed poisons must be displayed for at least a month in a row, while closing off access to food. If the ants no longer appear, the control is stopped. That is why Insecto pharaoh ant control must be called for sure. We know how to get rid of ants quickly and without worries!
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