Say Good Riddance To Ants In Your Roseville Home

Ants can do some pretty crazy stuff. Have you ever seen it? Swarming ants gather together and crawl on top of each other to create blobs that look like they belong in a scary movie – and definitely not in your home. Now, imagine that blob of ants inside your outlets or powerboxes. Ants are tiny pests, but they can become a big problem. Electrical currents can pass through a blob of swarming ants and cause a power outage. That's only the beginning. 

Join us today as we take a look at ant behavior, examine why they get into Roseville homes, and consider the surprising ways they can cause trouble. Then, we'll give you five no-nonsense ant prevention tips that will help you keep ants out and tell you how to get rid of ants permanently if you're dealing with a current ant problem. Of course, you can always contact Neighborly Pest Management for assistance with home pest control in Roseville. Our team is your team for solving tough pest problems. Jump to our contact page to get connected with a technician.

One Ant Usually Means More

A common way to start seeing ants is to notice one little ant every once in a while. Perhaps you've noticed one. If so, you may have done as many people do; you may have thought it was a random stray that got separated from the rest of the ants. But workers rarely get lost. Ant workers are continually bumping into each other, grooming each other, and working as a unified team. There is only one kind of worker that gets separated from the group, and it does this on purpose. It is called a scout ant. 

What does a scout ant do? The job of the scout is to find food and liquids. It will travel quite a distance to do this. But a long distance for an ant isn't too far for humans. If you see a scout in your home, there is a good chance it came from a nest near your home or inside your walls.

The scout ants have a bad habit that you should know about if you see one of these ants crawling inside your home. They are what often start ant infestations. You see, in nature, an ant will find a food source far from home and lay down a trail of pheromones as it travels back to the nest. The ant workers follow the trail and work as a large group, dismantling the food and following the trail back to the nest. They'll also do this inside your home. They don't realize it belongs to you.

When ants enter your home in large numbers to get food, they may notice that your home provides an ideal habitat. If they do, certain species will decide to stay and create a nest in your walls. So, if you see a scout ant and you don't already have a nest inside your walls, it is possible that you will soon. It is smart to deal with an ant infestation as soon as you see scout ants. It could save you from having to deal with all of the many problems ants create inside your home.