So the phrase “ants in your house” isn’t quite as bad as “ants in your pants,” but it still makes you shudder, right?
Imagine the tiny invaders crawling across your kitchen counter, exploring your cupboards, or having a family reunion in your dog’s food dish.
How to keep ants out of your house?
Let’s take a look.
Ants in Idaho: They Love It Here
We have so many different types of ants in Boise, you can pick a favorite.
The odorous house ant loves sweets and likes to nest between walls, under sinks, or near warm spots like water heaters.
The carpenter ant is the biggest of all the Idaho ants and the only one that destroys wood. They don’t eat it, but they hollow it out to make chambers needed for their colony to live in, weakening the wood in your home.
They don’t even clean up after themselves, leaving little tell-tale piles of sawdust. Rude.
You’ve likely seen these Idaho ants scurrying around your driveway. The pavement ant likes nesting under pavement, large rocks, and concrete foundation slabs. During the summer they’re a nuisance in your yard and garden.
How to Keep Ants Out of Your House?
Three words: perimeter pest control.
This outdoor barrier protection helps prevent bugs from entering your home and foundation.
Perimeter pest control focuses on prevention – carrying out insect control before bugs make it into your home and begin to cause problems.
Lawn Buddies technicians spray around the perimeter of your home and yard to send ants packing for about three months.
Technicians typically treat about three feet up on the house and six feet out, creating a wide protective barrier around the house that includes the landscaping and lawn directly around your home.
The spray leaves a residue on surfaces that kills ants and other insects and continues to work for up to three months.
Since the treatment is performed outside, no chemicals are applied inside your home.
In fact, perimeter pest control treatments don’t even require anyone to be home at the time they’re applied.
Bonus: we’ll deliver your insect control while we’re already on your property for lawn care treatments. No extra hassle for you.
Extra bonus: While our perimeter pest control gets rid of ants in Boise, it also takes out other insects like hobo spiders, black widows, earwigs, box elder bugs, wasps, fleas, and beetles. (If this list suddenly makes you itchy, you’re not alone.)
Keep Ants Out of Your House with These Tips
Good ant control goes beyond spraying the outside.
Here are a few things you can do on the inside:
- Make sure your door and window screens are in good condition to keep ants from sneaking through.
- Check door seals. Are they tight?
- Avoid leaving food or crumbs out that can attract ants.
- Don’t leave doors open.
Is Perimeter Pest Control Worth the Cost?
It’s a lot cheaper to pay for perimeter pest control now than it is to deal with an infestation later.
A whole year of perimeter pest control is significantly cheaper than a one-time exterminator treatment. And it’s safer for you and your family, too.
What’s the Cost of Perimeter Pest Control?
Lawn Buddies perimeter pest control services in Idaho Falls and Boise, ID can be added to our Complete Lawn Care Program.
Perimeter pest control treatments start at $69.
Is Your Lawn Ready for a New Best Friend?
You’re big. Ants are little. Take charge.
The first step to taking advantage of Lawn Buddies perimeter pest control is to sign up for our 6-step complete lawn care program.
You’ll be glad you did.
Choose an Idaho Falls or Boise professional lawn care service that makes it easy, bundling your yard’s most-needed treatments into one convenient, no-fuss plan.
Fertilizing, weed control, grub control. Done. Add pest control. Double done.
We’ve got your back.
Got a few minutes? That’s all you need to get started. You can simply:
- Fill out the form on this page.
- Call us at (208) 656-9131.
- Or read more about our services.
Then kick back and relax in your healthy, thriving yard and pest-free home.
Image Source: Odorous house ant, Carpenter ant, Pavement Ant
