Ants are one of the most common nuisance house pests that homeowners have to deal with. There are several different types of ants that homeowners might deal with, including odorous house ants, fire ants, and the dreaded wood-destroying carpenter ant. No matter what type of ant is bugging you, 365 Wildlife and Pest Control can help. We offer ant control services for your home, and if you are concerned about the well-being of your furry four-legged family members, we offer pet safe ant control to get rid of your problem without causing another one. We offer ant control treatments that treat the ants going inside of your home, and we also offer ant control treatments for the ants in your yard and garden. Contact 365 Wildlife today for the best ant control services in the Myrtle Beach area today!
One of the most common ant species you might find in your home is the odorous house ant. The odorous house ant is widespread throughout the entire continental United States, and many Myrtle Beach residents are plagued by these tiny ants throughout the spring and summer months.
Odorous house ants get their name from the smell they emanate when crushed, which some describe as a rotten coconut odor. Odorous house ants are drawn to all kinds of food, but they are especially drawn to sugar and grease, so the best method of preventing these ants is to keep all food sealed in airtight containers and to immediately wipe up any crumbs or spills. These ants are also attracted to left out bowls of pet food.
Odorous house ants can have multiple nests, both indoors and outdoors. Their indoor nests are in warm, moist places like inside wall voids, around pipes and inside termite-damaged wood. Ants leave behind pheromone trails so other ants can follow the trail to the food source, so disrupting the initial trail of worker ants you see might not work. The best way to eliminate an ant population is with a treatment from 365 Wildlife and Pest Control. We offer thorough, effective ant control treatments that attack the source of the problem, eliminating all ant nests on your property and preventing them from infesting your home.
Carpenter ants are wood destroying insects, similar to termites or carpenter bees. Unlike termites, carpenter ants do not actually eat the wood they infest, instead they excavate it to build galleries or nests within the wood, leaving piles of sawdust outside these holes. If you are noticing small, round holes inside wooden structures inside and outside the home, with tiny piles of sawdust on the ground outside these holes, then you most likely have a carpenter ant infestation. Carpenter ants are larger than odorous house ants, and their reproductives have wings, meaning if you see large, winged ants around your property or if you see the discarded wings left behind, then you might have a steadily growing carpenter ant population. Carpenter ants are drawn to wet, soft wood, so any leaks you might have in your home increases the likelihood of a carpenter ant infestation. Beyond just wood, these ants will also go after the same things all ants go after, namely left out food, crumbs, spills, pet food, and dead insects. If you have a carpenter ant issue in the Myrtle Beach area, contact 365 Wildlife and Pest Control today. We offer the best in carpenter ant control, attacking the root source of the problem to treat your entire property, keeping these ants away from your wood and your home protected.
Fire ants are a very aggressive type of red ant that is very common in Southeastern states like South Carolina. Fire ants are known for their painful sting, they will grab onto skin with their front mandibles and inject the stinging venom directly into the skin with their back stinger.
Fire ants are typically known to attack in groups and sting multiple times, and they are moderately painful, with the resulting welts often causing incessant itching. Small children and pets playing in your yard will often fall victim to these painful fire ant stings. Some people are severely allergic to fire ant venom, which can make these irritating pests even more damaging.
Fire ants are known for their large mounds that they build within your yard. If you have unsealed trash cans or food waste in your yard, this can cause fire ants to form a mound on your property, as they are attracted to the food source. Fire ants are also known to feed on dead insects. At 365 Wildlife and Pest Control, we will treat your fire ant problem with bait as well as direct mound treatments to protect your yard from these irritating, painful invaders.
One of the most common questions we get asked is if we offer pet safe treatments for pest control. When ants are crawling around every surface in your kitchen, you definitely want to eliminate the problem as quickly and efficiently as possible, but you also don’t want to put your dogs or cats in harm’s way with harmful poisons they can access. DIY treatments with over the counter products can be hazardous to your pets, especially if you are inexperienced with ant control chemicals. This is where 365 Wildlife and Pest Control comes in.
Our licensed technicians are trained to apply ant control treatments to your home to promptly and effectively eliminate your problem without risk of affecting your pets. Our technicians have access to top of the line products that are graded for safe use around pets, so you can have peace of mind that your ant problem is getting taken care of AND your favorite four-legged furry friend is safe.
Ants in your yard can be annoying. These tiny insects can interrupt and ruin the time spent in your yard by swarming any food you might be enjoying and stinging your feet. Fire ants especially will build their unsightly mounds in your yard, fiercely protecting them with their painful stings. Odorous house ants can use a yard nest to launch an invasion of your kitchen, and carpenter ants living inside a dead log in a far-off corner of your yard can migrate into the wooden structures of your home.
365 Wildlife and Pest Control can help, we offer interior and exterior ant treatments in the Myrtle Beach area. We can eliminate mounds as well as ground nests, and our yard treatments can prevent these insects from invading your home and kitchen.
Ants are a very common nuisance in Myrtle Beach, commonly seen crawling all over kitchens and yards in the Spring and Summer months. Whether you have the foul-smelling Odorous house ants, the dreaded wood-destroying carpenter ants, or the aggressive stinging fire ants, 365 Wildlife and Pest Control can help with the best ant control treatments in the Myrtle Beach area. We treat both inside the home and out in the yard, treating ants with bait as well as treating nests directly. We also offer pet-safe ant control, so you can be sure that your furry family members are protected while we deal with your ant problem.
Don’t let an ant infestation take over your property. Contact 365 Wildlife and Pest Control and one of our pest control experts in Myrtle Beach will stop by for a free inspection. We are here to help you with all your ant pest control needs in Myrtle Beach.
Call now at 843-438-6816 or fill out the contact form on our website to get started. We look forward to working with you!