Pharaoh ants
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How do you identify pharaoh ants?
Pharaoh ants are:
- yellow-brown in colour
- 1/10 inch (2 mm) in size
- found near warm areas and water sources
If they are dark brown to black in colour, they could be black ants.
What brings pharaoh ants into your home?
Left out food can draw large numbers of ants. Meat and dairy products attract them strongly.
How do you stop them coming into your home?
Keep left over food in sealed containers.
Throw away food you don't want and correctly dispose of food waste (such as vegetable peelings).
How can you get rid of them?
These pests are very difficult to get rid of by yourself.
We can lay poison bait and also treat the ants with a chemical. This stops the queens from laying eggs that will hatch into more ants.
We will make any follow-up visits needed to make sure your home is clear. It usually takes 3 visits to get rid of them.