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Displaying Frequently Asked Questions A friend of mine has a kitchen that contains large trails of black ants. What should i recommend to her? Thank you for asking this question as it seems to come up every year around this time as ants start to move their nests and look for moisture and food for their young in the nest. They can sometimes be difficult to control, depending on the location of their nests and bivouacs (sub-nests). However, you could recommend this to your friend: 1. Move foodstuffs, especially sweet things like sugar, into sealed containers, and if necessary, into the fridge (at least temporarily, until the siege is over). 2. Wipe all counter tops with a mild disinfectant with a lavender perfume, as this will extinguish their previous trails and act as a repellent. But this will not stop them completely. 3. Contract a licensed, experienced pest control company like Westate Pest Control to treat the cracks and crevices with the registered chemical. In most cases however a nearby wall cavity may need to be treated with an appropriate registered chemical, as it is very likely that the ant nest is in your friend’s kitchen wall cavity or in the roof. But finding which wall the nest is in will be difficult as the cavity in the wall is inaccessible. For this reason a repeat treatment may be necessary several weeks after the initial treatment. 4. Move any nearby pet feeding area, both inside or outside, away from the kitchen walls and clean up straight after the pet has been fed to reduce any attraction to ants to this area. Date Listed: 2009-10-28 Back

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