Ants do not present
any major threat to our health, but can become a real nuisance
when they
enter our homes and workplaces. Effective control can only
be achieved by destroying their nests with baits or insecticides.
Applying a suitable bait around the area they are feeding
and spraying where they are entering the property should have
a
considerable impact on the colony and reduce activity.
Ants have one of the most varied diets of all insects. Foraging
worker ants cause a nuisance as they travel widely in search
of food, following well-defined trails and clustering around
the food source.
The gregarious habits of ants have resulted
in the development of a caste system, whereby individuals
are responsible for
specialised duties within the community. There are: workers
(sterile females); fertile males; and queens (fertile females).
The worker ants build and extend the nest, look after larval
forms and forage for food, whereby they become pests. The
queens perform none of these duties, but remain almost exclusively
within the nest.
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