Friday, July 24, 1998 - North Shore News — 77

Ants in your panis, er deck, are a big probleni

EVERYONE is familiar that make their presence ops. carpenter ant, wood.

with the comic portrayal of known by senging or biting Though ants are iooked » largest ant, has the This is a case where imme-
an army of ants raining on people -- ant problems oefen upon as generally harmless to single-handedly — diate action is necessary

the parade of unsuspecting go unnoticed until a mere fo hare the abiliw to condemn buildings by eating — deter ants from coming back,
picnickers. signiticant: intestauion devel- away ato moist, decaying it is especially important to
get nd of any rorring wood
and use alo

insecticide such as Raid Ant
Roach & Earwig Killer. This
spray kills the ants on contact.
and lasts up fo nwo weeks
after application.

As Dr. Jim Madder, co-
ordinator of the environmea-
tal pest management program
at Sir Sandford Fleming
College, explains it, carpenter
ants don't actually cat the
wood, bur rather cunnel avy
in search of a place to nest.

“Even using pressure-
treated wood is no guarantec
that these ants wili leave vour
backyard deck alone,” he says.
“The kev is to avoid having
any wood-to-soil contact and
making an annua! event of
inspecting all structures made
af wood.”

Common household ants
won’t cause any physical dam-
age, bur they can be a major
nuisance if their numbers get
out of hand Inhabitants of a
single nest can grow to as
large as 300,000 workers. Ant
populations "generally peak in
the monihs of June anid July.

Indoors, even one or rwo
ants can be an unwelcome
sight. And where there's onc,
you can bet more will follow
thanks to anss” sophisticatgg...
communication capabilities.

“They come indoors look-
ing for food and water.
Cutting off their food supply,
strategically using insecticides
and addressing typical ant
access points are the best ways
to achieve effective long term
control,” advises Madder.

But when it happens to
people in their own homes,
IMS not quite as funny.

fn conirast to other more
obvious insets — the ones

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