Ants are notorious for ruining outdoor picnics. However, these tiny bugs aren’t only found outdoors; they can also come into your home and contaminate your food with dangerous diseases. If these tiny creatures infest your home, it can be difficult to get rid of them on your own.

At Kanga Pest Control, our Salem pest control specialists know how to stop ants in their tracks. We know the best way to get rid of ants and prevent them from coming back.

Where Did These Ants Come From?

Ants are social creatures. They tend to live in large colonies. When an ant invades your home, it will usually find a place in your walls, or some other area out of sight, to build its nest and grow its colony.

Workers will occasionally leave the nest to search for food. If they sense that there are food crumbs or other accessible foods in your home, they will not only come and get them but also leave a pheromone trail to let the other workers know where to gather food. This is why you will commonly find ants traveling in a single file line.

Ants in Salem have several receptors that allow them to sense when food is nearby. However, the receptors aren’t good enough to pick up on food that is too far away. They are not going to travel miles away because they sense that you have food crumbs on your floor. If you leave a cookie on your kitchen counter and come back five minutes later to find ants covering the sweet snack, that means that you already have an ant infestation somewhere in your home. Typically, the sooner the ants swarm the food, the more severe the infestation.

Does An Ant Infestation Mean My Home Is Dirty?

While ants are attracted to almost all types of food, having ants in your home doesn’t necessarily mean you have an unkept or unclean home. However, if there is no accessible food source for them and you are still seeing ants in your home, it could be a sign that you have another problem.

Ants will invade your home to find food and water. If they are unable to access a food source, it must mean that they can access water. You should check your home for any type of moisture issues, including leaky faucets and pipes.

How Do I Get Rid Of An Ant Infestation?

If you want to get rid of ants in your home, the best thing to do is to call the pros at Kanga Pest Control. We have decades of experience finding and eliminating ants in this area. We will not only find out where they are hiding, but we will perform a thorough inspection that will determine why they are in your home in the first place.

How Do I Prevent Ants From Coming Back?

Once these bugs are gone, there are a few things that you can do to prevent the ants from ever coming back. Some of the easiest preventative steps that you can take include:

• Keep food kept away in a container that is sealable
• Make sure the grass in your yard is not too tall
• Don’t let your indoor trash cans become too full
• Seal any gaps, cracks, or potential entrances that you find around your home

If you are looking for the easiest way possible to keep ants out of your Salem home, Kanga Pest Control’s professional home pest control can help. Give us a call today to get your free estimate!