There are two main types of ants you usually find in urban environment.
The most common are called Garden Ant or Common Black Ant (Lasius niger) living around buildings or the garden and occasionally find the way into the homes looking for food, mainly sweet substances. Garden Ants live in strict social structure: on the top of the hierarchy is the queen and all the rest are workers who forage around the nest collecting food or tend the queen and the larvae laid by the queen only. They are not health risk only nuisance but if they invade your property the problem obviously needs to be dealt with. The most alarming and nuisance stage of garden ant development when the young queens and males emerging in vast numbers as winged ants flying up to the air to mate and establish new colonies. This happen usually in July however the timing is different year by year and depend on weather conditions like humidity and temperature.
The other main types of ants the Pharaoh’s Ant is found in association with hospitals, prisons or other institutions like large housing blocks. This is a tropical species, small, mobile and active at all times of the day. Their lifestyle differs from the Garden Ants as they are living in large, unstructured nests in heated areas in the building and there is more than one queen per nest. This species can carry disease organisms and contaminate sterile material and the infestation can become widespread in a short period. Fight against Pharaoh’s Ant is difficult and the whole building needs to be treated for a long period of time.
Of course, there are many other species of ant can find the way into your home or wandering in your garden like Ghost Ant, Argentine Ant, Red Ant, Carpenter Ant and other species. You do not need to become expert to identify them and successful fight against them is often limited with use of DIY methods. Save the hassle and frustration, call us and we take care of the ant problem quickly and effectively.
Preparation and treatment:
Successful eradication of Garden Ants is relatively quick and not too difficult for professionals. The method of treatment depends on the area and stage of development.
Around the property the most successful way of treatment is the application of professional insecticide powder or spray into the openings of the nest. As they are actually good for outdoor environments, they aerate soil, help to cycle nutrients, improve garden fertility and control pests and flying ants also provide a vital food resource for many species of birds and fish treatment is considered and commenced strictly around the perimeter of the building Inside the building the most effective method is to apply professional insecticide gel or liquid into areas where the ant emerge or travel. It works in a way that it attracts ants who carry the substance into the nest and feed the larvae with it and therefore it eradicates from the source. In the swarm stage when large number of winged ants take over various parts of the building the most successful way of eradication is insecticide powder.
Areas We Cover
North London
N2 East Finchley N3 Finchley Central , N5 Highbury N6 Highgate, N10 Muswell Hill N11 Friern Barnet, New Southgate N12 North Finchley, Woodside Park, N20 Whetstone, Totteridge EN5 New Barnet, HA7 Edgware
North West London
NW1 Regent’s Park, Camden Town NW2 Cricklewood, Neasden NW3 Hampstead, Swiss Cottage NW4 Hendon, Brent Cross NW5 Kentish Town NW6 West Hampstead, Kilburn NW7 Mill Hill NW8 St John’s Wood NW9 Kingsbury, Colindale NW10 Willesden, Harlesden, Kensal Green NW11 Golders Green
West London
W3 Acton, W5 Ealing W6 Hammersmith, W9 Maida Vale, W11 Notting Hill, W12 Shepherds Bush
What are they?
There are two main types of ants you usually find in urban environment.
The most common are called Garden Ant or Common Black Ant (Lasius niger) living around buildings or the garden and occasionally find the way into the homes looking for food, mainly sweet substances. Garden Ants live in strict social structure: on the top of the hierarchy is the queen and all the rest are workers who forage around the nest collecting food or tend the queen and the larvae laid by the queen only. They are not health risk only nuisance but if they invade your property the problem obviously needs to be dealt with. The most alarming and nuisance stage of garden ant development when the young queens and males emerging in vast numbers as winged ants flying up to the air to mate and establish new colonies. This happen usually in July however the timing is different year by year and depend on weather conditions like humidity and temperature.
The other main types of ants the Pharaoh’s Ant is found in association with hospitals, prisons or other institutions like large housing blocks. This is a tropical species, small, mobile and active at all times of the day. Their lifestyle differs from the Garden Ants as they are living in large, unstructured nests in heated areas in the building and there is more than one queen per nest. This species can carry disease organisms and contaminate sterile material and the infestation can become widespread in a short period. Fight against Pharaoh’s Ant is difficult and the whole building needs to be treated for a long period of time.
Of course, there are many other species of ant can find the way into your home or wandering in your garden like Ghost Ant, Argentine Ant, Red Ant, Carpenter Ant and other species. You do not need to become expert to identify them and successful fight against them is often limited with use of DIY methods. Save the hassle and frustration, call us and we take care of the ant problem quickly and effectively.
Preparation and treatment:
Successful eradication of Garden Ants is relatively quick and not too difficult for professionals. The method of treatment depends on the area and stage of development.
Around the property the most successful way of treatment is the application of professional insecticide powder or spray into the openings of the nest. As they are actually good for outdoor environments, they aerate soil, help to cycle nutrients, improve garden fertility and control pests and flying ants also provide a vital food resource for many species of birds and fish treatment is considered and commenced strictly around the perimeter of the building Inside the building the most effective method is to apply professional insecticide gel or liquid into areas where the ant emerge or travel. It works in a way that it attracts ants who carry the substance into the nest and feed the larvae with it and therefore it eradicates from the source. In the swarm stage when large number of winged ants take over various parts of the building the most successful way of eradication is insecticide powder.
Areas We Cover
North London
N2 East Finchley N3 Finchley Central , N5 Highbury N6 Highgate, N10 Muswell Hill N11 Friern Barnet, New Southgate N12 North Finchley, Woodside Park, N20 Whetstone, Totteridge EN5 New Barnet, HA7 Edgware
North West London
NW1 Regent’s Park, Camden Town NW2 Cricklewood, Neasden NW3 Hampstead, Swiss Cottage NW4 Hendon, Brent Cross NW5 Kentish Town NW6 West Hampstead, Kilburn NW7 Mill Hill NW8 St John’s Wood NW9 Kingsbury, Colindale NW10 Willesden, Harlesden, Kensal Green NW11 Golders Green
West London
W3 Acton, W5 Ealing W6 Hammersmith, W9 Maida Vale, W11 Notting Hill, W12 Shepherds Bush