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Spring is almost here and the phone calls are starting to come in for pest related issues. Some of the calls are reporting ants in their kitchens and spiders in their garages. This is a normal occurrence when we near spring in the Triangle.

Some of the most Common Insects/Pest that you may encounter is as follows.

1. Ants
2. Fire Ants
3. Mice
4. Spiders
5. Fleas
6. Silverfish
7. Bed bugs
8. Ticks
9. Wasp
10. Bees
11. yellow Jackets

These are the most common in the triangle area and are fairly common to find during the spring and summer in Raleigh, Apex, and Cary North Carolina. If you are having a problem with them give us a call and we will have someone at your house the same day!

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Ants A Common Raleigh Household Problem

Trapper Dan’s Wildlife & Pest Control

Ants, Ants, Ants Everywhere !!

One very common service we offer is solving ant problems for our Raleigh Triangle Area Residents. The best answer to staying on top of Raleigh’s Ant Problems is just like football and that is to have a good defense that works for you everyday.

Here in the Raleigh Garner Cary Apex area we find customers with such a wide variety of local ant names. In my research I have found 67 different ant species live amongst us here in the Raleigh Garner Cary Apex Area but professionally I have learned the following local names helpful.

The Raleigh Piss Ant

One of my favorite local names of ants would easily be the “Little Tiny Piss Ant” . What a name and I am sure it has nothing to do with urinating and that its just plain  little as in a ” itty bitty” ant. Another name may be a sugar ant, ghost ant or the crazy ant. Call us and we will identify your piss ant problem and treat it correctly the first time.

In our area we have quite a few ants that fit that description and the secret is not always blasting them with pesticides but identifying them, their choice of diet and bait them and go right to stopping the queen from laying more eggs.

Many of our customers learn the hard way that sometimes spraying the wrong pesticide can actually cause ant problems to get worse. For that little Piss ant it is best to have the problem ant correctly identified, and slowly introducing a Small poison to completely kill the colony rather then alert them , with spraying splitting into many new colonies and coming back with a vengeance.

The Raleigh Fire Ant

No this one does not go out and start fires. But if you ever had stumbled into a nest of fire ants you will end up feeling like your body was on fire. Folks may have allergic reactions similar to bee stings and you will never enjoy the out doors of your property again once they have found you and you elected not to have a regular pest control program. There is only one way to control them and not have fire ants problems and that is by a regular lawn maintenance program.

The Raleigh Wood Ant

Yes even ants can destroy wood and pose a threat to structures made out of or include wood as a building material. Most wood damage caused by a wood or carpenter ant starts with moisture damage, the ants carve out soft wood and start a colony.  Handling a wood destroying problem in your home may actually be caused by poor home maintenance and house design, subterranean termites, carpenter ants. Call us for a  complete inspection.

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Ants: A Common Household Problem

Trapper Dan’s Wildlife & Pest Control

is a licensed North Carolina Structural Pest Operator and we can solve all of your household pest problems including ant invasion problems. Many homeowners often try to fist solve ant problems on their own with do it yourself pest control but they quickly learn when it comes to ant colony elimination that one method does not eliminate all methods. In fact by using the wrong method may just move the colony and make the ant queen actually breed a larger colony and using the same pesticides can actually cause a resistance and adaptation to the ant colony. Not understanding ant species can actually result in a bigger problem.

A well trained licensed pest control operator understands the biology and habits of any invading ant species  and select the best method and registered pesticide for a quick ant colony  elimination.

Methods of Ant Control

The first step is to always identify to problem ant species  during a complete inspection of your home. The inspection involves both the interior and exterior of your and identifying points of access and entry.  All water points of a home are likely host areas of common household ant problems and denying a ant colony access to all water is just part of correcting an problem.

The use of specialized ant bait gels, approved dusts and the proper use and placement use of pesticides (We have green methods) can quickly turn a serious ant problem into a happy customer.  We also perform carpenter or wood ant services to stop the damage caused by them.

We can solve your ant problems in your home, on the exterior of your home and even in your yard. We know how to kill ants. Please call us for a quote and inspection today!

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