Ants are a year-round issue in Brisbane, but they get busier from spring through to autumn and often march inside ahead of summer storms. Most homes deal with small black ants or coastal brown ants trailing along benches and skirting boards, while others find ants nesting in wall cavities, under pavers or in pot plants. Spraying the trail you can see seldom solves it, because the nest and the queens stay untouched.
The crew we book looks for where the trail starts and where the colony is living. They check window and door frames, cracks in paths and driveways, garden edges, power points on outside walls and the base of trees close to the house. Baits are often used so worker ants carry the product back to the nest, with a spray barrier around the outside of the home where needed.
- Kitchen, pantry and bathroom trails traced back to the source
- Baits placed where ants are feeding
- Outside barrier treatment along walls and paths
- Nests in pavers, grass and garden beds treated
- Pointers on keeping food and water away from ants
Ants do not all behave the same way, which is why the crew will ask what they look like and where you have seen them. Tiny ants in a unit kitchen need a different approach from larger ants carrying sand up from under the pavers of a house in Coorparoo or Camp Hill. Wiping trails with soapy water before the visit can make them harder to track, so leave them if you can.
Give the baits a week or two to work through the colony. To book ant control in Brisbane, call 07 3543 7773 and describe the ants and where they are coming in.
