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Carpenter ant treatment can be either a very simple or extremely difficult process; the key is to locate and eliminate all nests and ant colonies. Carpenter ant nest (also called “galleries”) mostly lives in decayed or moist wood.

Carpenter Ant Treatment – Steps

Avoid moisture in your home by immediately fixing plumbing or other leaks.

Tree branches near your home are an easy walkway for these destructive creatures, so keep branches and tree limbs away from the structure of your home.

Because carpenter ants love a pile of firewood to nest in: keep firewood off the ground and away from your home.

Check for any cracks or openings around your houses’ foundation – particularly where wires or pipes enter your home; and have them properly sealed.

A thorough inspection and the location of the nests of the carpenter ants must be conducted before any type of pest control should be used.
Carpenter ants usually forage in the dark so the best time to conduct your inspection is the evening (soon after sunset) or the early hours of the morning to find their trail that will lead you to the home base of carpenter ants. Once you have located one colony, do not give up your search as there will be more.

You will see carpenter ants in window sills and doorways and also plumbing walls in the bathroom and kitchen.

Boric acid is a natural form of pest (ant) poison control. Mix 3 tablespoons of boric acid with one cup of lukewarm water and a half of cup of sugar; put this solution mix in a shallow type dish for the ants to reach.

Outline your house with white gravel as another natural treatment to prevent carpenter ants (as well as other unwanted pests). Since carpenter ants choice of residence is a wet area; the dry gravel and effective drainage keeps away insects that are attracted to moist, dark areas.

Baiting is proven to be more effective than any sprayed insecticide inside your home, especially if you don’t know exactly where the nest is.

Carpenter Ant Treatment – Call in the professionals

If the carpenter ant treatments that you have tried, have failed, it is time to call professional Brisbane Pest Control Company. An initial visit is to find the nests, followed by a direct treatment of poison to the galleries and then a third visit to make sure your home is ant free and the carpenter ant treatment has completely worked.

2019-05-20 14:44:21, views: 179, Comments: 0