Ant & Termite Control & Removal - Clevedon
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Ants & Termites - FAQ's
What Are Ants?
Ants belong to a group of over 130000 insects species that include the orders of wasps and bees, so in common with these they are both social in behaviour - often living in well organised socially structured colonies and equipped with the ability to deliver a sting or spray formic acid.
Are Ants Dangerous?
None of the ant species found traditionally in Clevedon or the UK are dangerous but newer tropical species with a greater capacity to sting like the white Ghost ant or Rogers ant, are surviving traditional pest control tactics, establishing themselves in ever greater numbers or so it would seem year on year. Depending on species, many ants present in the UK including the common red ant can sting. Any time venom is injected into our skin we have the chance that our body will have a significant reaction to the toxin so a severe reaction cannot be ruled out. If you are stung by ants and fear you are suffering a severe reaction click here for further advice.
What Should I Do If I Am Bitten or Stung By Ants?
How Do Ants Get Into Homes?
Commonly ants are able to enter homes in Clevedon simply by coming under doors, but occasionally the colony penetrates the internal building structure and once you find ants in the house it is occasionally more difficult to treat, making control technically more demanding and slightly more expensive.
What Attracts Ants?
Ants are attracted by the organic products available to them including food residues left on surfaces or in packaging that has not been secured effectively. Most common ant treatments are stomach poisons designed to kill ants feeding on well formulated bait or food substitute. Natural ant killers are available in the form of organic insecticides so you can kill ants and remain environmentally sensitive.
What Common Foods Do Ants Like?
Both protein based and carbohydrate foods will attract ants, which means in most situations, getting rid of ants is as simple as having a thorough spring clean.
What Purpose Do Ants Serve?
They are incredible scavengers and cleaners and also a natural force in pest control garden and household pest control.
What Are Flying Ants?
These are simply males and queens that disembark to mate on warm, humid evenings when conditions are absolutely right which is why we see so many flying at the same time.
What About Ants In Clevedon?
In Clevedon, Ant Control is considered by many to be a summer pest control activity but our unquenchable thirst for imported foods and goods has helped tropical ants to establish themselves in the UK and these tropical species like Pharaoh's Ants are finding our homes and warm commercial environments like hospitals, and commercial kitchens a particularly nice place to remain active all year round.
In Clevedon food premises, ants represent a particular risk by contaminating food with pathogenic (disease causing) bacteria that can cause significant illness. Food poisoning is a particular risk to those in high risk groups such as the old, very young, pregnant women and those convalescing from illness or surgery to name but a few. Very often effective pest control is as simple as cleaning up spilt foods or food residues and no poison needs to be used but this is often hard for people to remain in complete control of. With today's frantic work life balance, cleanliness is hard for many to consistently maintain to a very high standard, so chemical control over the longer term may be the only way of treating ants in these conditions.
How Do You Control and Get Rid of Ants?
When trying to get rid of ants, the pest control products you can buy in the shops can have some effect but in general are a sorry match for the tropical ants whose colonies will simply shrug of amateur attempts to control them. In fact by trying to control some tropical ants you will actually cause the pest control problem to worsen because of the way the ants react to disturbance.
Before you do anything you need to identify what type of ants you are dealing with. The common black garden ant or the red ant seem quite easy to spot but the tropical species are often much smaller and many of them can Sting! Not unlike the wasp. Some tropical ants are half the size of the common black garden ant, so get confused with other insects.
What Does An Ant Treatment Cost?
Being experts in insect control means our services are faster, more thorough and more flexible than many other providers. We are usually on site within hours or even faster if it is an emergency. Our Services start at just £39.00.
What needs to be stressed is that some less common ants are very expensive to treat as the chemicals required are very expensive and in some cases, especially with tropical species, control can take quite some time.
How Quickly Can You Get To Us?
Our standard, same day Pest Control Service for Ant & Termite Control is always available, and for extra peace of mind our 24 Hour Emergency Pest Control Service operates 24/7 so help is never far away when you need us most.
How Do We Book Ant & Termite Pest Control?
Simply Call 01275 858888
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Pest Control Advice:
Getting rid of Native Ants, Tropical Ants and other insects like wasps, fleas and bedbugs is not as simple as many pesticide manufacturers will lead you to believe. The chemicals or poisons on offer in supermarkets and shops often have a fraction of the effect that is achieved through professional products and this means you are likely to get through many cans of treatment without actually achieving full control. As the only Clevedon pest control company offering a dedicated insect control service we are able to deliver pest control treatments that are often guaranteed to work.
Pest control is all about understanding the pest you are trying to eliminate or prevent. The Wasp for example creates a wasp nest early in the year so if you wanted to control wasps in Clevedon you would probably guess that checking for a new wasp nest in your loft in April and May would allow you to remove a wasp nest safely before it became too large. By understanding your pest, you are able to plan control in advance, before infestation occurs and the cost of elimination becomes high.
WaspKill UK are here to help - so why not give us a call and put your trust in the experts.
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