Ants can often be driven into your home during heavy rains. While you can’t control the rain, here are some ways that you, as a homeowner, can make your home less attractive to ants:
- Keep grass cut down around the house by weed eating
- Keep bushes and trees trimmed back away from the structure.
- Seal all areas around pipe penetrations entering the home.
- If the caulk around the windows is dried out and cracking, re-caulk the windows.
Remember, once ants are in a home, they love food and open drinks left out on kitchen counters, tables or in bedrooms (teenagers are great at doing this). A one-time service may take care of the initial problem, but a monthly program is the most effective way to control any pest problems you may have. There are other programs as well, including every other month, quarterly, semi-annual or annual pest control service.