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IdentificationPavement ants which usually make their homes in pavements are small(1/8-1/16-inch long). They are black-brown ants, with paler legs and antennae. The abdomen is all black. They are distinguished by two spines on the back, two nodes on the petiole, and grooves on the head and thorax.The colonies can be moderately large. Swarmers usually appear in June or July; however, they have been reported at other times of the year.DietHoneydew, insects, sweets, fruit, and greasy foods. They will eat pet foods.BehaviorThe pavement ant is found throughout the Atlantic coastal region and midwestern United States and the West Coast. Sometimes they can be found in the southern United States. As their name indicates, nests are found outside under cracks of pavement, under stones and next to buildings. Occasionally they may be found in walls, under floors,and in insulation. If your home is a slab on grade construction, pavement ant foragers enter through cracks in slabs or other openings. They often enter buildings through expansion joints in slabs.
Pavement Ant Inspections: Locating trails or coloniesIn order to properly bait with the recommended ant baits, it is necessary to put the bait out near their colonies or trails. If you use the liquid insecticide method it is also necessary to know where to spray and or drench. Although you may observe these ants trailing during the day, most observation will occur at night. Pavement ants will displace soil around concrete objects such as sidewalks, patios, driveways, curbs, etc. This displaced loose soil may be seen along the cracks or joints in the sidewalks or driveways. Look for colonies around the foundations of your home. Also inspect around logs or large rocks. Inside, look around baseboards, plumbing, sinks, toilets and along the edges of carpets.
RECOMMENDED ANT BAIT PRODUCTS AND TREATMENT :
Baiting would be the preferred treatment over
The recommended products for the protein/grease eating cycle would be:
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Unless you can treat the nest directly, spraying is not an effective solution for small ants, unless you use a non repellent insecticides or "undetectable" liquid treatments such as Dominion 2L, Termidor or Phantom . Phantom liquid of aerosol are labeled for the inside. Optigard Flex is another very good non repellent labeled for inside for Argentine Ants(ants popular in California)
Dominion 2L and Termidor may not be used inside. Unlike older insecticides, non repellent insecticides can't be smelled, tasted, or even felt by pests. So they crawl through the treated area, not knowing that by ingesting treated materials or merely contacting the insecticide, they'll die.
Again, workers must eat the bait, take it back to the nest, and feed to the queen and larval ants. This type of control is incompatible with treatments(such as repellent sprays)that prevent workers from returning to the nest with the bait.
Since Dominion 2L (Same as Premise 2) is a non-repellents, carpenter ants , Pavement Ants and Argentine Ants can't detect it; instead, they come directly in contact with the active ingredient, - imidacloprid, without trailing in another area.
Dominion 2L is much more economical than Termidor , but is only labeled for Carpenter Ants, Argentine and Pavement Ants. Dominion 2L is not labeled for Fire ants, Pharaoh or harvester ants.
Phantom is extremely effective when used alone, or in conjunction with other products such as ant baits. It will not repel pests, or cause them to avoid bait areas. Phantom treatments only require a small amount applied to problem areas to achieve ant control.
Phantom is long-lasting, and effective at controlling entire ant and roach populations at low doses. Phantom provides superior roach and ant control by striking ants inside your home where they cause the most trouble. But if you have an ant problem, the ants in your house probably have their nests outside-they travel back and forth
More Information: Phantom Termite/Insecticide
Phantom Aerosol-Convenient form of Phantom in a ready to use spray
