Being social insects, ants live in nests. Colony sizes vary enormously and are mostly found in soil, wood and among rocks. Ants are both predators and scavengers.

Ants are very common intruders in and around buildings and are commonly observed in and around foundations and in walls, roof voids, kitchens, lawns, and gardens, the wood of decaying trees and rockeries.

Ants as Pests

Nuisances - Ants are often regarded as nuisances in and around buildings. Small mounds from their excavations may be considered unsightly along garden paths, on balconies, and around skirting boards and architrave bases.

Contaminatiors and Transmitters of Disease - Ants present a health risk to humans. As they scavenge kitchens, garbage cans, dog wastes in search of food they can at times mechanically carry on their bodies or in their digestive tract disease organisms causing dysentry, smallpox, and a variety of pathogenic bacteria including Salmonella. Their potential for spreading disease should not be overlooked.

Bites - Ants can bite or sting humans.

 

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