Tag: Ant Control
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Wet Spring and Summer Pushes Ants Inside Your Home
Although ants species in New Jersey typically live below ground, they will rapidly evacuate their subterranean homes when a natural disaster like flooding happens. The recent unexpected increase in rain means you will see more ants above ground than normal. Block Ant Event Migration One of the first places ants go once they are above ground is into warm, dry areas…
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Three More Things We Bet You Didn’t Know About Ants in New Jersey
With our last post about ants, we talked about three colony facts. This time, we want you to know about Myrmica rubra Linnaeus, also known as the European red or fire ant. A lot of insect pests have found their way into New Jersey from other areas of the world. Although many people think that this ant species…
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Three Things We Bet You Didn’t Know About Ants in New Jersey
Every homeowner knows that ants can be merely a nuisance crawling around on surfaces or a costly horror swarming areas or tunneling through wood structures. While some ants move through a house and/or its surrounding landscape without any intention of sticking around long, many stay set up colonies near living areas where they can easily find food, such as near kitchens, dining rooms, living rooms and trash cans. Ant Colony…
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NJ Home Owners: Do Ants Communicate?
If you are waging a hard fought battle against ants in your Freehold are home, it may be time to call in the experts at Allison Pest Control. It turns out that ants are more adaptive and intelligent than scientists ever thought possible. That means a worthy opponent with a whole host of tricks may…
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A View Inside an Ant Colony
As the weather gets warmer, there will be an increase of pests in and out of your home. Some of the pests you may see are ants. Ants seemingly come in packs – when you see one, there’s usually more to follow, and they aren’t something you want in your home. If you take a better look at these tiny…
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What Do Ants Say to Each Other When They Communicate?
Ever noticed a single-file line of ants who all know exactly where they are going? Their sense of direction comes from a trail of pheromones left behind. However, in recent years scientists have discovered that ants also communicate through sound. How ants “talk” The rear part of an ant, the abdomen, has a small spike on…