Pavement Ants Pest Control

Pavement Ants Pest Control

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ApolloX Pest Control will remove pavement ants from your home quickly, efficiently, and safely.

Pavement Ants Pest ControlPavement Ants Pest Control: Identifying Pavement Ants

Pavement ants are dark brown or black ants. The pavement ant workers are about 2.5–4 mm long and vary in color from dark brown to black, with parallel furrows or lines on the head and thorax. The pedicel, which connects the thorax and abdomen, has two segments. The posterior/dorsal thorax has two spines that project upward to the rear, and they carry a stinger in the last abdominal segment.

The swarmers or reproductive ants are winged, about twice the size of the workers, and also have a furrowed head and thorax. The spines are evident on the females but absent on the males.

Pavement Ants Pest ControlPavement Ants Pest Control: Where Pavement Ants Live and Breed

Pavement ants can be found nesting in sidewalks and driveways, or under items lying on the ground such as patio stone, logs, bricks or boards. Pavement ants enter buildings through cracks in foundation walls and interior slabs. They often leave a telltale mound of soil amidst the pavement from digging their nests. Similar piles are seen in the warmer months at the cracks in sidewalks.

Winged reproductive ants typically swarm in the spring but have been known to emerge any time of the year in heated structures. It is not uncommon to see swarming in late fall and into February even in colder climates.

Pavement Ants Pest ControlAfter emergence, the ants mate and the queens burrow into the soil to begin laying eggs. Worker ants develop over a two-to-three-month period. They travel in trails up to 30 feet long to and from their food source.

Pavement ants feed on a wide variety of food. Sweets, including sugar, nectar, fruits, and syrups are readily taken. Grease, dead insects, and small seeds also are collected and stored in the nest. Nearly any morsel of food that falls to the floor will be consumed.

Pavement Ants Pest ControlPavement Ants Pest Control: Pavement Ant Prevention

  • Eliminate standing water around your home and dry out moist areas.
  • Prune back trees and shrubs that might be touching your house.
  • Calk cracks and openings around the base of your home. Weatherstip windows and doors.
  • Stack firewood well away from your home. Insects build nests in stacks of wood.

Pavement Ants Pest Control

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See Also:

Carpenter Ants

Citronella Ants

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