INVADING ANTS
As the summer fades as a warm distant memory into winter, there's war brewing in and around Auckland houses.
A war between two armies. Armies of thousands versus thousands. Their very survival is on the line. Its desperate times.
I am talking about the war that can happen at this time of year between two types of species of ants.
With dramatic effect. Customer calling ACES pest control in a panic as one army of ants retreats inside their home.
Normally these black ant live unseen and unnoticed in structure of a home. Suddenly customers call me saying they can see masses of smelly black ants in their hallway or around their kitchen or all over their house! Kgs of ants suddenly right in their home!
So what's chasing them inside?
Another ant species. A brown ant called the Argentine ant. Typically it surrounds the home. The Argentine is aggressive by nature and very high in numbers. Its the end of summer their nest is at the peak of it size and suddenly with the onset of winter their exterior food sources ( e.g. fruit and seeds) have dried up. So they find the trails of the black ant in your home and follow them looking for food.
The black ants can't stand the onslaught of these aggressive South American invaders. The black ants are surrounded, and there's only one way to go to escape. Inside your home! The black ant has a habit of in times of stress moving the entire nest. So not only do customers see kgs of ants they have never seen before, but they also bring all their white eggs and developing ants, which adds to general panic!
Hence the vigorous calls to ACES pest control.
For ACES its business as usual, when we take the pressure off the black ants by controlling the Argentine ants, its business as normal.
No more ants for the customers.
Hey it's what we do
written by Owen Stobart