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Pharaoh Ants Control Melbourne
Pharaoh’s ants are light yellowish brown to darker brown colour and 1.5 to 2 long. Their top and tip of abdomen are to some extent darker. Pharaoh’s ants are small and have two nodes on pedicel and no spines on thorax. Antennae clubbed with three enlarged segments. Pharaoh’s ant grows from egg to adult in 45 days. Female ants live about forty weeks and can lay almost four hundred eggs. Worker Pharaoh’s ants typically only live up to ten weeks. They have no odour when crushed.
Different from some other ant species, Pharaoh’s ant commonly forms huge colonies with several queens and may travel considerable distances for food. A colony of Pharaoh's ants will scatter if a toxic substance disturbs it. They are able to move their colonies rapidly to a different location when disturbed. A small group of Pharaoh’s ants, including only five workers, ten pre-adults and a queen ant, can migrate from their colony to form a new ant colony. This creates several issues where there had been only one. These ants rely on artificial heating in houses and buildings to survive, so they commonly nest indoors in wall and cabinet voids, beneath floors, behind baseboards, around foundations, hollows of curtain rods, the folds of clothes, sheets and paper, in ceilings buildings and other undisturbed dark spaces (commonly adjacent to heating ducts). They can also nest outdoors in lawns or gardens. Pharaoh’s ants not necessarily swarm but are considered to be a major pest due to their ability to infest and survive indoors. It is advised to seek professional pest control for Pharaoh’s ant control. Visit here for more information about Ant Control in Melbourne.
Pharaoh’s ant eats almost any type of food material, however prefers high protein materials like meat and blood, as well as fatty foods and vegetable matter. It also attacks sweets and may eat other insects. Consequently Pharaoh’s ants infestations frequently occur in food processing centres and food handling and service areas like food factories, restaurants, cafes and bars, and kitchens. Hospitals also regularly call for Pharaoh’s ants control, as these ants can spread disease and contaminate sterile equipment and rooms in a very short time. If you have an ant infestation problem in your working or industrial areas, click here to read more about PestAway commercial ant control Melbourne services.
Posted by PestAway Australia on 6th January, 2013 | Comments
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