ANTS
ARGENTINE ANTS
Linepithema humile
Typically a light brown/brown in color and around an 1/8th of an inch in size. Argentine ants typically nest in moist areas near a food source. These ants are known to have many queens which means their numbers can range from several hundred to several thousand.
Argentine ants tend to feed by mouth to mouth transfer which makes baiting the ideal way for treating them.
ODOROUS HOUSE ANT
Tapinoma sessile
Also known as the sweet feeding or sugar ant, odorous house ants are around an 1/8th of an inch and are a black or brown color. These colonies can contain up to 100,000 ants with several queens and can reproduce very quickly. These ants tend to nest in soil, usually under objects where water and food is prominent and tend to enter indoors when the colony becomes too large and the food source becomes scarce.
Finding the nest is crucial to treating and eliminating odorous house ants. Typical pesticide applications around the outside of the property are great at keeping the ants out. If, though, the ants are already inside you may need to treat the voids with a dust or use a bait to pull them out.
CARPENTER ANTS
Camponotus vicinus
Moderate in size, Carpenter ants tend to be around 1/4-1/2 inch in size and are black in color. Colonies tend to nest in moist or decaying wood and are made up of around 3,000 workers and one queen. Carpenter ants forage alone or along trails 300 ft from their nest. Because of this its crucial to follow these ants back to their nest in order to treat them effectively.
ROACHES
AMERICAN COCKROACH
GERMAN ROACHES
