Maxforce Ant Killer Bait 10oz Jar of Granules $ 16.36

Maxforce Ant Bait 6lb of granules $ 102.14

Pavement Ants

Size

• 2.5 to 3 mm long (1/10th to an 1/8th of an inch)

Color

• Dark brown

Locations

• Northeastern, Midwest and all Western States

Eating Preferences

• Honeydew
• Sweets
• Oils
• Seeds
• Insects

Stinger

• Yes - but rarely used

Queen

• Multiple queens per colony

Nests

• Usually - Small mounds in soil around cracks and edges of driveways, sidewalks and building foundations
• Occasionally - walls, insulation and under floors

Propagation

• Winged ants swarm and start new colonies - usually during Spring

Foraging

• Opportunistic foragers that will swiftly accumulate in large numbers around dropped food when found inside buildings

UV Lights

• These are slow swarmers - typically a few swarm each day for weeks - and while swarming are attracted to the UV light of bug zappers with newly installed bulbs

How to Kill

• Use Maxforce Granular Bait
• Track down and bait every trail you can find
• Sprinkle bait around nesting sites - but not directly onto the nest