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Ghost Ants

Characteristics 

Size: Tiny, usually less than 1/16-inch in length.  Color: Pale, with a dark head and abdomen.  These ants are very difficult to see unless one looks closely.

Habitat and Behavior

Ghost ants may develop huge colonies containing thousands of workers and numerous queens. This ant is now a major pest throughout most of Florida and several of the Hawaiian Islands. It occasionally is found in apartments and greenhouses in northern states. These ants nest outdoors under items on the ground, within landscape mulch, beneath loose bark on trees, under ground cover, in potted plants, and within piles of items such as lumber, firewood, or bricks. Nests may be readily established inside homes in walls, beneath carpeting, and in other suitable voids or spaces.

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Control

Management of Ghost Ants is best accomplished by locating and eliminating the colonies found in or around the structure. Colonies living in the soil or under items such as stones or logs should be treated by drenching mound or colony with a residual insecticide using  Termidor, Tempo, Demand, or Suspend.

 

Termidor SC 
Since it has been around,  Termidor has been proven to be the most effective and fastest at completely eliminating problem ant populations. It is really changing the way pest management professionals are approaching ant control. Chances are that the ants in your house actually have their nest outside, in a wall, or under a slab or sidewalk.  They travel back and forth for food and water.  Termidor Ant Control is applied to the exterior foundation walls of your house, creating a treated area of protection. In the past several years, the professional pest control industry has been revolutionized by new control technologies, especially in the area of non-repellents or 'undetectable' liquid treatments. Unlike older insecticides, un-detectables can't be smelled, tasted, or even felt by pests. So they crawl through the treated area, not knowing that by ingesting treated materials or merely contacting the insecticide, they'll die. Termidor is unique because ants not directly exposed to the Termidor-treated area will be controlled as they come into contact with affected ants. This 'Transfer Effect' means you'll see its effects on ants in one to three days, and most species will be controlled within the first week following the treatment. Sold in a convenient 20 oz. container. A .06% solution will yield 24 finish gallons of Termidor mixture.  A little more expensive, but totally worth it.  To order your Termidor, Click Here!

 

If you know with some certainty where the colony is living inside wood, then you can treat it directly by drilling into the wood where the galleries are located, and dusting the galleries and wood with a dust such as Delta Dust, Drione, or Borid Turbo.

The same thing holds with colonies living in wall voids.  If you know with some certainty where they are, then you can treat them directly by drilling a small hole into the wall void at the base of the void (directly above the baseboard) and injecting a dust such as Delta Dust, Drione, or Borid Turbo.  If you are not sure where they are in the wall, or if you think that they may just be coming in from the outside, then a bait would be advised!

 If the colony cannot be located, sweet baits such as, Maxforce Gel, Gourmet Liquid Ant Bait Stations or  Gourmet Ant Bait Gel can be applied to areas where ants are foraging.   Other granual baits such as Maxforce Granual, or Advance Carpenter Ant Bait may be considered. When baiting for ghost ants, eliminating competing food sources such as crumbs and spills is very important.

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Ghost Ants taking Advance Carpenter Ant Bait

 

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