You guys helped me get rid of white flys in my bushes so I am hoping you can help with this as well. Over the past two months I have been seeing a lot of small ants all over the house. It has gotten so bad recently that if we leave food out for less than an hour or two there are bugs in it. Please see the picture included which show these small bugs which I think are ants. We just had the house painted to seal it on the outside, and spraying the indoor/outdoor ant spray from home depot in both places, but this hasn’t helped. I see you sell some ant spray for serious infestations. Can you please advise me on how best to treat this problem both inside and outside as well as if these are really ants? Thank you!
It looks like ants in the picture you sent though I’m not able to tell the exact species for sure. Regardless, we should be able to help.
In the article, you’ll find that in most cases the simplest thing to do is to bait inside using the Maxforce or Advion Ant Gel. These two products work great when ants are seen trailing and you know where they’re most active. But the baits will only work best without sprays being used – especially the kind of spray you’ve applied.
So at this time I think the ant bait might not be best but instead, spraying will be the way to proceed. However, you won’t want to use what you’ve been spraying but instead, change to the Phantom and Optigard listed above.
These two products use unique actives which are undetectable by ants so they’ll readily walk over the treated surfaces. Now once they walk over the treatment, they’ll get some product on them which will then be shared with other members of the colony. This isn’t done intentionally but will happen over a period of several days and when it does, the net result is that every nest will be killed.
So if you saturate the lawn, mulch and flower beds with PROTHOR SC, you’ll have a stealthy product in place that will effectively kill off any nests in the next 1-2 weeks.
Now for the foundation, treat with XEMPT EC. It’s highly repellent to ants and should keep them out.
And then for the inside; get some ant bait for any counter tops or places up high where they’re seen.
And then for the baseboards, spray them with ADVION. It’s another “non-repellent” so they won’t know they’re getting exposed to anything harmful. It’s odorless and will be invisible when mixed properly and allowed to dry. This way it won’t make a mess or smell. I have hardwoods in my house so I generally don’t spray anything liquid but the Advion is ideal for such environments.
Get these two products applied and you should knock these guys out for good within a couple of weeks. Oh, and since both work on most any insect pest, you can use them throughout the year for regular pest control too. Good luck and be sure to consult with us first before randomly treating anything pest related. This can really save you time and cost.
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