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D & T Pest and Termite Control, Inc
We are proud to serve the following towns in Massachusetts: Grafton, Northbridge, Douglas, Webster, Abington, Raynham, Weston, Wayland, Sudbury, Framingham, Marlborough, Hopkinton, Natick, Sherborn, Holliston, Millis, Franklin, Bellingham, Plainville, Foxboro, Mansfield, Attleboro, Norton, Easton, Brockton, Avon, Stoughton, Canton, Randolph, Holbrook, Braintree, Medfield, Dover, Wellesley, Needham, Dedham, Westwood, Norwood, Canton, Milton, Newton, Waltham, Watertown, Cambridge, Belmont, Sudbury, Braintree, Rehoboth, Blackstone, Hopedale, Mendon, Upton, Westborough, Southborough, Medway
Ants...
- Ants vary in color from black, red or even brown
- Workers range from 1/8 to ½ inch long
- Winged reproductives vary in size from ¾ to 1 inch long
- Winged reproductives develop in a colony after 3-5 years
- If you are readily seeing reproductives(winged ants) in your home strongly suggests a colony with in your home.
- While termites eat the wood, carpenter ants cause damage to the wood by excavating galleries for nesting.
- Sawdust or wood shavings is a clear indication a carpenter ant problems exsists.
If you have an ant problem or want to make sure you don’t get one, count of us to break the pest life-cycle and prevent future infestations. For more information or to schedule a free consultation, please contact us today.
- Pavement ants vary in color. Although typically light to dark brown, pavement ants can sometimes have a reddish tint.
- The size of the ant colony will be very consistent averaging 1/10 of an inch.
- Winged reproductive can be much larger.
- Pavement ants prefer sand soil and usually live underground, but nests can also be found indoors in walls and under floors
- They feed on many things, but prefer greasy and/or sweet foods.
- Commonly, colonies of numbers up to 500,000. All it takes is for one ants to find a piece of food and in a short amount of time the area will be covered.
- They accomplish this by laying down a pheromone trail, which allows for ants underground to follow the pheromone trail back to the food source.
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