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Pavement Ants
Tetramorium caespitum
Color: dark brown to black
Legs: 6
Shape: Segmented; oval
Size: 1/8”
Antennae: Yes
Flight: often swarms in June and July
Habitat
These ants often make their nests in or under cracks of pavement or concrete slabs. They also nest under stones, in mulch, inside your house walls, wall insulation, and under flooring.
Health Risks
Although they have the ability to bite and sting, they are not usually aggressive.
Property Damage
These colonies can cause minimal property damage, it can be difficult to locate and eliminate the colonies once they are established.
Prevention
Remove potential food sources, especially meats and grease, inside your home by wiping up spills, keeping counter tops clean, and store food in sealed containers.
Eradication
Pavement ants are attracted to and feed on sweet and protein-based baits. Kness Liquid Stations with Terro-PCO- Liquid Ant Bait will work great (see below). Follow the ant trail, if you can, back to their nest and treat it with residual insecticide. Phantom is perfect (see below). Particular attention should be paid to cracks and expansion joints in slabs, driveways and sidewalks, use Phantom. Nest in wall voids are more easily treated by aerosol injection or application of a dust formulation. Can't locate the nest? Then use Phantom applied to:
- foundations
- plants
- soil adjacent to the building
 Kess Ant Bait Stations
Terro-PCO Liquid Ant Bait
Phantom residual insecticde
CB 80 Aerosol (A0008) for wall voids
Tempo 1% Insecticide Dust (A0161) for wall voids
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