Ant Extermination in San Antonio
Ants became the basic pest infesting homes in recent years and are always very troublesome to control and get rid of. Successful control of ant infestations requires some skill that is attained through knowledge of behaviors of ant and how much experience a person has in dealing with ants.

Identification of Ants:
There are more than 700 species of ants in the United States, ant identification can be a difficult challenge. Start off by looking for their trails. Ants travel alone, very rarely and are normally spotted when they are looking for food as a colony along paths that have been established by them. When you have found a trail, look at heir sizes. Are they the same or do they each have different size? Also find out when the ants are active is it during the day or at night? Look out for nests where the trails end, especially in areas with soil. Soil nests have different shapes or patterns depending on the species of ants.

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Behavior of Ants:
Ants are very social insects that live in colonies and have several different types or castes of individuals. Each caste performs a function or job in the colony that is different from the other.

Workers bring food, construct the nest and take care for the little ones and the reproductives.
Reproductives involves the actual queen and the swarmers. The original queen lays eggs. Swarmers are males and females with wings that fly out to start new colonies and go to new areas. The swarmers mate while they swarm, and the male dies soon after it. The queen then finds a suitable nesting site, sheds her wings and starts to set up a colony.

Ants grow by complete metamorphosis, meaning the eggs that get laid hatch into larvae that must be looked after by the workers.

Ant control:
For ant extermination in San Antonio, it is most significant to recognize the ant species before trying ant control. A few ant species, like Pharaoh ants, can be gotten rid of using baits, while some will not fall for the bait. To get rid of ants completely, it is necessary to go after them, back to their colony and directly treat the colony. South West Termite & Pest Control have the experience in ant extermination in San Antonio to correctly recognize your ants and exterminate them.