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Information About Ants
There are over 10,000 different species of Ants. Their colonies are long lived, worker ants living between 4 and 7 years and the queen may live as long as 15 years. Ant nests may be terrestrial (based in the ground), arboreal (based in trees), or structural (based in buildings). This last type of nest, structural is where ants become a problem as they have invaded living quarters of humans. Ands have become the number one structural pest in North America including the United States and Canada. There has been a major influx of ant infestations in the Toronto area.
A Little About Controling Ants
The primary key to sucess in controlling most ant infestations is to find and directly treat the colony with the appropriate insecticide. Baiting is also a helpful and strong means of control depending on the type of ant infestion in the Toronto home. Colonies of certain types of ants can be hard to locate thus giving the worker ants poison to bring home to the queen ensures the colonies failure as once you kill the queen, you kill the colony. Pharaoh ants, for example, must be controlled with bait as they can have many dispursed colonies. Carpenter Ants, however, are better treated with a residual insecticide spray.
How To Kill Ants
The major obstacle to eliminating an ant population from a Toronto home is identification. Our staff has the knowledge and experience to be able to properly identify which species of ants. Through proper identification, our technicians can determine the best method of elimination, via sprays, dusts, or baits. Each species requires specific attention. For example Pharaoh ants are best treated with a bait while carpenter ants are best treated with a spray.
The next step is to identify the location of the colonies. All ants are social insects in which the adult individuals are specialized in certain tasks. These are referred to as castes. Each caste helps to create this society of ants working towards a common goal. This is the success of the colony even if it is in your Toronto home! Adult ants are made up of three castes - workers, males and reproductive femails.
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