If you are possibly starting to notice a lot of ants around your home or perhaps inside your home it could be time to contact a specialist for the relief you desire – 365 days a year.

Ants in Los Angeles, California

It can be really difficult to take care of ants which almost all of us are likely already aware of as a result of fighting an ant issue at some point. Of course, the more a person fully understands ants, the more luck an individual will most likely have at battling them and keeping them out once and for all. Don’t make it easy for ants to develop into an frustrating situation; contact us immediately!

How Are Ants Entering Your Home?

You are probably striving to figure out where or exactly how the ants are getting inside your home, but they don’t need a very significant space to get through; any minor crack all around the residence would be a possible entry place. They then set off in hunt for greasy or sweet products which are normally in one’s kitchen cabinets or pantry, therefore infesting your kitchen area plus additional food storage areas.

The Famous Scent Trail

You’re most likely aware that ants leave and track fragrance trails which is an unseen chemical which they deposit while trekking across your surface areas. When ants uncover a food supply they can certainly find their way back and other ants will follow.

Ant Nests and Colonies

Ants can easily set up a nest just about any place in a house and very likely where you cannot easily locate the ants. Ant colonies tend to be frequently really big, we’re talking anywhere from 300,000 to 500,000 ants in a colony. Nevertheless, if ants sense in danger they can easily relocate and quickly. Worker ants can live up to seven years and queens can survive up to fifteen years.

Do-it-yourself Remedies for Ants

If you have ants entering your space you’ve likely been trying multiple over-the-counter products or maybe you’ve taken a more natural approach to battling the undesirable insects. Regrettably, a lot of these don’t usually work, eliminating just the bugs you’re experiencing and not necessarily targeting the many ants still undetectable near-by, or their scent trails. In addition, a few items only work on a number of kinds of ants, so if you’re implementing the wrong treatment you most likely won’t achieve the outcomes you were hoping for.

Life Cycle of Ants

Right now there are four various life stages involving an ant – (1) eggs, (2) larvae, (3) pupae and (4) adult. For an ant to complete an entire life cycle, it may take either numerous weeks, or even months, dependent on the species of ant and it’s ecosystem.

1 – Egg Phase

The successful mating of a female and male ant will certainly make the female a queen with the ability to lay eggs. They will definitely find a remote location to start a colony (nest) so they may safely lay their eggs. Most are aware of just how compact a group of ants can be (diameter of .5 mm), therefore the groups of eggs are even smaller, oval in shape with white and clear markings. Our ant control experts will assist and discover the ant nests so we can treat the issue accurately and correctly!

2 – Larvae Phase

As soon as the eggs are laid, around two to three weeks later, the ant larvae hatches. The particular mature ants usually are then responsible for feeding the larvae (with regurgitated food and fluid) which has a extremely hungry appetite throughout this phase.

3 – Pupae Period

This stage occurs when the larvae has molted and shed their exterior layer. Similar looking to adult ants, Pupae have the exception of their folded antennae and different legs. While pupae are typically white, they darken as they age.

4 – Adult Stage
When completed of the pupae level, the ant becomes a grownup. They’ll be 1 of 3 castes in the community; workers, males or queens. A queen are merely accountable for laying eggs (fertile females) within the colony. The worker ants are actually the infertile females and are responsible for gathering food, feeding the young and maintaining a clean colony. Worker ants are the ones you’ll notice in and around your food and cupboards. Male ants have wings but their sole responsibility is to mate with queen ants.

Before you have an ant colony take up residence in your residence, contact our technicians at (323) 307-7247 to send the ants on their way! Our pest technicians can also remove bed bugs, termites, bees, rodents and spiders from your home or business, safely, today.