A few ants in the garden are nothing to worry about. A steady trail of them across your kitchen worktop, into the cupboards or around the pet bowls is a different story. Ants are persistent, and spraying the ones you can see rarely solves the problem, because the colony and its queen stay hidden and keep sending out more workers. Gloucester Pest Controllers provides effective ant control for homes and businesses across Gloucestershire, targeting the nest so the ants go and stay gone.
Ants are most active from spring to late summer, when colonies are growing and workers forage widely for food. Once a single ant finds something sweet, it leaves a scent trail for the rest of the colony to follow, which is why a few ants can suddenly become hundreds.
Ants walk through soil, bins and drains before crossing your food and worktops, so they can contaminate food. Nests under paving can lift slabs and push soil up between the gaps, and large nests in lawns leave unsightly mounds. In businesses such as cafés, food shops and care homes, ants are an immediate hygiene concern that can harm your reputation and your food hygiene rating.
Signs of an ant problem: lines of ants between a gap and a food source, small piles of fine soil between paving slabs or along the house, ants around bins, sugar and pet food, and winged ants appearing indoors.
Your technician first identifies the species and follows the trails to find where the ants are getting in and, where possible, where the nest is. For garden ants, we apply a professional insecticide to nest entrances and to the areas around the outside of the property where ants are active. This creates a barrier that stops them coming indoors. We also treat the cracks, door thresholds and gaps around pipes where trails enter the building.
For pharaoh ants and some other indoor species, we use slow-acting gel baits. Workers carry the bait back to the nest and share it with the queens and larvae, wiping out the colony from the inside. These treatments usually need a short programme of visits.
Most garden ant treatments work within a few days.
We deal with the colony, not just the ants you can see.
We help restaurants, cafés, food shops, hotels, care homes and offices deal with ants quickly and discreetly, planning treatments around food preparation areas and opening hours. Ant monitoring can also form part of a regular commercial pest control visit.
Ant problems are quick to solve when they’re treated properly. Our technicians identify the species, find the nest and choose a treatment that works first time, with a clear price agreed before we start. Being based in Gloucester means we can usually visit within a day or two, before a few ants turn into a full-blown invasion.
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