Absolute Pest Control Sdn Bhd

ARE THE 'ALIENTS' ATTACKING YOUR HOME

We have received many enquires on how to control ants at the home or offices and are fascinated with some the natural way things are done to get rid of them. Some of them suggest that if add 1 part water to 1 part vinegar  and spray at the invading ants the ants are kept away. Then there some who have put Traditional  oilmen with a cotton bud at areas where there are ants but imagine the house smelling like a Medical Hall. May be you have an interesting method of getting rid of ants, do share with us. Anyway let us briefly explain to you on the nature of ants and how is it possible to keep a check on them 

In Malaysia we are troubled by many species of ants, the more common ones are the big red ants that build nest in your plants or trees. This type of ants bites and leave sore feeling. They seem to multiply every day and the more your try to get rid of them, more seem to appear. There is of coz' the small black ants, the brown ants that work as scavengers , eating almost everything in their paths and found mostly in the garden ground. They channel up the earth and mostly seen during dry seasons. The number one nuisance ants it the on that goes for anything that is sweet, it is light brownish in colour. Some have been bitten by this ants,you have to be extremely careful when you have a baby around the house.

Ants communicate with each other using pheromones and perceive smells with their long and mobile antennae (that's why we call them aliens as they look like one). Whenever an ants forage for food it leave behind a scent trail. The trails will be highway for all other ants to follow and when more ants follow the trails, this trails become 'hot '. All the surrounding ants of the colony will zoom in to the food source using this 'hot' trail. Once the food supply is depleted less ants will follow the trail and the scent of the trail will vanish and so will the ants.

So how do we control them, firstly all the area must be clean and food free for the ants. Secondly the scent trails must be erased, now it makes sense that the mixture of vinegar and also the Traditional oilmen is actually is a method of breaking the scent trail. Thirdly all the plants and trees should be treated for ants and also the grounds at the garden. Pesticide not only erases the scent trail but leaves a barrier against invading ants compare to natural method which will not last more than a few days.