Did you step out onto your patio to enjoy the outdoors, only to find a trail of ants already having a picnic of their own?
Sounds like you could use some help from a professional pest control team. Proper ant control in the yard means treating the colony, not just the trail.
Ant Control That Gets Below the Surface
Most DIY yard treatments knock down only the visible workers while the colony’s queen and brood remain underground.
Instead of wasting your time only dealing with the surface of the problem, here’s what to do if your home has an ant infestation.
A professional ant control program will use non-repellent products that workers carry back to the nest and give you lasting results.
Why Professional Ant Control is the Way to Go
A quality ant pest control service will have a plan for your home that looks something like this:
- Your technician traces trails, locates satellite mounds, and pays attention to details like moisture, landscaping, and access points.
- Non-repellent sprays along travel zones, as well as placing bait that matches the species and time of year.
- Getting rid of the whole colony by reaching queens and brood, not just the workers you see.
- Special care for hardscape weak spots, like expansion joints, paver edges, fence lines, utility penetrations, and pool equipment.
- Follow-up visits to make sure the ants are gone and to replace any needed bait.
When the work is done right, you should notice a huge drop in ant activity within one to two weeks, and you can rest easy knowing they won’t be coming back.
How to Build a Yard That Ants Hate
You can work with a professional to help make your yard less enticing for ants by:
- Starving the scouts: Tight-lid your trash, clean drip trays under grills, and sweep.
- Drying out moist spots: Repair leaky spigots, sprinkler heads, and unclog gutters.
- Trimming the landscape: Prune shrubs and tree limbs so they do not touch siding.
- Refreshing hardscape joints: Re-sand paver joints and seal cracks in walkways where ants love to tunnel.
Small changes like these help professional ant pest control treatments last longer.
Get Help From AZ’s Best Today!
Combine a professional program with simple maintenance, and you will protect lawns, patios, and play areas without constant spot-spraying.
Contact us today for ant control that’s fast and will actually last!