Keeping Ants at Bay

The ants in Brevard County can be just as persistent as they are numerous. At times, it seems that these ubiquitous critters are actually able to anticipate your moves, foiling your attempts to keep them out of your home. The bad news is that ants are here to stay: they have been on the planet far longer than most other creatures in existence today. The good news is that, by taking a few simple steps, you can greatly reduce their presence in your home or business office.

Eliminate Their Food Supply
Although it seems to be so simple as to be hardly worth mentioning, the fact of the matter is that one of the most effective steps you can take in eliminating an ant problem is simply getting rid of their food supply.
Ants will eat almost anything you leave out. And they have an incredible talent for finding crumbs and other foodstuffs that you may overlook. So the first thing you should do is take a very close look around the trouble area and locate anything that they may be munching on.

While eliminating the easy food source will not dissuade the ant colony from sending out random scouts, it most certainly will cut down on the line of ants traipsing up and down the wall. Once you’ve gotten the food source out of the way, you can move on to other measures.

Bait Traps Work Wonders
You probably have tried killing the ants you see. The thing is, these critters multiply incredibly rapidly, and just killing the ants you see is not even going to put a dent in their numbers. What you need is a way to eliminate the source: eradicate the colony, and you will eradicate the stray ants you find on your walls (and countertops, and stovetops, and sinks, etc. etc.).

Bait traps are an excellent way to completely eliminate an ant colony. Rather than killing the scout ant, a bait trap actually works in a more devious manner. The poison bait it offers does not kill instantly. This allows the scout ant to take the bait back to the colony, where other ants eat it. Once the queen eats the bait, it’s all over for the colony. The queen will die, and without a source of eggs for more ants, the colony will die off in a short amount of time.
Living in Melbourne, Florida means you live with ants. But you don’t have to let them take over. Follow these tips, and your life will be much easier.