by John Bozarjian | Apr 26, 2020 | Ant Control, Ants, Blog, Pest Control
The vast majority of ant species that are known pests pose a nuisance within homes and buildings, but a small minority can be medically and/or economically significant. For example, red-imported fire ants fit all three of these pest categories, as they inflict costly...
by John Bozarjian | Apr 20, 2020 | Ants, Blog
The insect group commonly known as Carpenter ants are household pests throughout the United States, and they belong to the Camponotus genus. Numerous carpenter ant pests have been documented in the country, and while a relatively small number of these ants inhabit the...
by John Bozarjian | Apr 13, 2020 | Ants, Blog
It is well known that ants are social insects that live in colonies that contain extraordinarily large numbers of individual ants. Social insects are unique in that individual colony members are primarily concerned with the survival of their colony rather than for...
by John Bozarjian | Mar 30, 2020 | Ants, Blog
Paratrechina longicornis is an ant species that invades homes in large numbers where it feeds on human foods and occasionally nests within moist and rotten woodwork. This ant species is more commonly known as the longhorn crazy ant, not to be confused with the...
by John Bozarjian | Feb 7, 2020 | Ants, Blog
Prenolepis imparis, or the “false honey ant,” nests in soil located in well shaded areas, and these nests can be recognized as small mounds consisting of relatively large grains of dirt with one central entry hole. Unfortunately, these ants also establish well hidden...