Some ants seem to have superpowers. Despite your best efforts to seal up your kitchen, remove food scraps and prevent insects from entering your home, ants find a way. Learn more about the remarkable features of these common pests. After taking a moment to appreciate them, call your local Guelph ant control team at … Continue reading Guelph ant control experts explain how ants find food
If you’ve ever seen an insect that looks like an ant with wings, you might be confused. Do ants have wings, or is this something new you’re dealing with? In most cases, you’re probably dealing with ants. Most species have part of their colonies that develop wings, and in many of those situations, they’re just … Continue reading Do Winged Ants Mean You Need Ant Control Services?
Winter is a time when most homeowners in Niagara forget about pest problems, like ants, flies and bees. Unfortunately, carpenter ants may still pose a problem in the colder months. Find out where these pests go in the winter, how to spot signs of an infestation and why you should turn to Truly Nolen for … Continue reading How Do Carpenter Ants Continue To Thrive in the Colder Months?
There are plenty of winter stereotypes. Long walks in crisp, cold sunshine. Christmas sweaters for those that celebrate the holiday, and lots of time spent indoors by a cozy fire. But ants crawling along your floor? Taking over your kitchen counters and pantry? That doesn’t sound like winter at all. Despite it being a common … Continue reading Keeping Ants Out of the Kitchen This Winter
You may not have thought about this before, but as the ant control experts, we certainly have! There are so many different species of ants out there. Astonishingly, more than 12,000 species of ants have been discovered so far. But only 100 or so of those species are found here in Canada. And of those … Continue reading What is a Carpenter Ant?
Just when you thought ants weren’t already hard enough to control, you might come across a swarm of flying ants. No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you – certain ants have wings and can fly. But they won’t fly at any old time. In fact, they’re flying for a very specific reason. If you know why … Continue reading Why Are You Seeing Flying Ants in Your Home?
We think we know a lot about ants, but these impressive pests still have interesting habits and behaviours that many of us don’t know enough about. The more you know about ants, the easier it will be for you to spot them inside your home, and prevent an ant control problem before it’s too late. … Continue reading When Do Ants Breed?
There are more than 14,000 different species of ant. That’s an awful lot, isn’t it? Thankfully, you don’t have to worry about all of them. While some species of ant can quite literally eat your home inside out, there are other species that you’ll never come across. Not unless you go on vacation to remote, … Continue reading Do All Species of Ants Cause Damage to Your Home?
Everybody has a unique skill set. It’s no different for animals and insects. Years of survival instinct have been developed into essential life skills for all creatures. The same also applies to ants. Their powers are amplified by their ability to build vast colonies with large populations. Ants are experts at locating food and transferring … Continue reading Pest Control Niagara: How Do Ants Find Food?
Most of us know our fair share about ants. We can identify a couple of species, and we certainly know which ones have painful bites. We know that they live in colonies and that they are capable of transferring crumbs of food several times their own body weight. Most of us even recognize when there’s … Continue reading Truly Nolen Pest Control: When Do Ants Sleep?