Ant Control in North Carolina

Ant Control & Extermination

Ants are one of the most prevalent insects on earth. There are numerous types of ants that may attempt to turn your house and yard into their own. Once they are inside your home, they can be difficult to get rid of. Clegg’s ant control services are thorough, effective, and environmentally safe. We have pest control methods that specifically target ants. This helps ensure that any infestation is eliminated and serves to prevent from returning as effectively as possible. If you have ants in your home or yard that you want exterminated, call us or request your FREE inspection through the form below.

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If you have ever seen an ant in your house then you know that there is never just one. Ants live in large groups called colonies. Often times their nests are underground or inside trees, but sometimes ants move in and make their colony in the walls of a house or building. Inside of your home, ants can nest behind baseboards, moldings, countertops, inside walls, or even in your dishwasher. A single ant colony can live and reproduce for years with one queen, making them extremely hard to get rid of if they have set up residence in your home.

Surprisingly, what ants are attracted to actually changes throughout the year depending on where they are in their mating cycle. In the spring, when they are just beginning the mating and colonizing phase, they tend to be more attracted to high protein foods such as meat scraps, peanut butter, other insects, or fats like grease, oil, and butter. As the summer continues, the new generation of ants requires more quick energy to grow and expand the nest so the ants will seek carbohydrates for energy.

No matter if the ants are entering your home in search of the food source they need, or if they have built up a residence in your walls, most people agree that getting them out is necessary. Contact our team to schedule your FREE initial inspection and get rid of ants in your home today.

Types Of Ants

Odorous House Ants

These ants have one node that is hidden by their abdomen and are dark brown to black in color. They are most often found in kitchens. When this ant is crushed it emits a coconut odor which signifies its name. Like the Argentine Ants, these ants may be found under mulch, along foundations, or underneath some form of debris.

Acrobat Ants

These ants are yellowish brown to dark brown and are a little longer than 1/8 inch. Their abdomen is heart shaped and when disturbed they try to carry their abdomen above the rest of their body. If nesting outdoors they usually nest in decaying or dead wood.

Fire Ants

Fire ants are red with 2 nodes and a stinger which sets them aside from most other ants. Fire ants are usually found outdoors versus indoors however when they do venture indoors it is usually along the edge of carpet.

Carpenter Ants

Carpenter ants have one node and an evenly rounded thorax. They vary in color and size but most are large and a blackish color. Parent colony lives in constant moisture. Carpenter ants are most active at night, and the sound of a colony resembles that of wrinkling up cellophane.

Field Ants

Field ants are black, brown, tan, reddish, or red and black in color. Field ants have 3 small eyes in the middle of their head. Field ants are not usually found inside but rather around structures or under piles of wood, brick, or rocks.

Little Black Ants

Black ants are tiny in size and are jet black in color. Little black ants occasionally invade homes but are usually found in the soil or nesting in the masonry or woodwork of a structure.

Pavement Ants

Pavement ants have 2 nodes and are usually found outside along the foundation, beneath the slab foundation, or inside hollow foundation walls. They are a small brown to black ant with pale legs; their abdomen is black.

Pharaoh Ants

Pharaoh ants have 2 nodes and are usually found traveling wires, the plumbing in walls, or inside wall outlet boxes. Baiting is the only effective treatment method for pharaoh ants. They are very small ants, usually light yellow to red in color.

Citronella Ants

Citronella Ants are usually light yellow to light reddish-brown with small eyes and they have a citronella odor when crushed. Nest sites usually include open pastures, gardens, lawns, or around a home’s foundation.

Argentine Ants

Argentine Ants are a one-node ant and that one node is sharply peaked. They are usually dull brown in color and when they are crushed a musty odor usually follows. They are usually found outside under mulch, foundation slabs, or inside of a tree or shrub.

Ghost Ants

Ghost Ants are a one-node ant, very small in size, and pale in color. A rotten odor is emitted when ghost ants are crushed. Ghost ants also travel inside along carpet edges, moldings, windowsills, electrical outlets, and any area near a water source.

Crazy Ants

Crazy Ants are a one-node ant, relatively small in size. They have extraordinarily long legs and are dark brown to blackish in color. Crazy ants are most easily identified by their zig-zag-like movement.

White Footed Ants

White Footed Ants have a hidden node. Its body color is darker than that of the odorous house ant and the end of its legs is a yellowish-white color. These ants like to nest in soil, in old trees, and in various other damp locations.

Big Headed Ants

Big Headed Ants are a dimorphic species which means the worker ants vary in size. These ants are small in size and are yellowish or light to dark brown in color. The major worker has a large head for its body size.

Thief Ants

Thief ants have 2 nodes, very small eyes, and are yellow to light brown in color. These ants normally nest outside in the soil underneath rocks. They eat almost anything but prefer meats, fats, and grease.

Ant Control Service Areas in NC

Clegg’s Pest Control is proud to provide local ant control & extermination solutions across North Carolina, including Asheville, Charlotte, Clinton, Durham, Fayetteville, Greenville, Kernersville, Morehead City, New Bern, Raleigh, Smithfield, Southport, and Wilmington.

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Ant Control in North Carolina

Ant Control & Extermination

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Types Of Ants

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