Bury Pest Control
Ants - Fying Ants
Bury Pest Control specialise in the treatment of ants and flying ants throughout Bury, Manchester, Cheshire & Lancashire.
Only the unfortunates who have suffered it will know the true horror of winged ants in their homes.
Suffering an infestation of ordinary wingless ants is bad enough but when they go through their annual mating ritual the situation can become insufferable.
Ants often start colonies under the floors and in the wall cavities of our homes and these colonies will survive for many years if left to their own devices becoming progressively more intolerable each year.
Our homes are warm and dry and make the ideal places for a thriving ant colony; even ‘solid’ concrete floor is not a deterent to an ant.
Our room heating systems maintains their metabolism even in the colder months and my earliest ant call was on my birthday, in early January!
Ants like a sandy soil and there are many places in Lancashire, Cheshire and Manchester which tend to suffer more ant problems than others, Southport, Blackpool, Bolton, Sale & Altrincham come to mind as hot ant properties.
Unfortunately it is during their mating phase that they are most troublesome. Here in Lancashire, Cheshire and Manchester this tends to be fairly regularly around the third or fourth week in July.
Ants mate in-flight and around mid-summer they produce winged immature Queens and winged males which in a more natural environment would fly off and mate in-flight. Many thousands of these winged ants are produced per nest and nests tend to time their release so that they mate with ants produced by other nests.
Usually this process commences after a few days of very hot, dry weather and will usually last for about a week although isolated releases will continue throughout most of June, July & August.
Unfortunately when the nest is hidden below the floor of the home the results can be catastrophic, literally thousands of winged ants are disgorged into the lower rooms, congregating on windows as they aim for the light.
This can be very distressing for some people leading to severe emotional trauma to the extent that people learn to hate the summertime and have actually sold their homes to escape the invasion of ants which they know arrives each year.
The very wet summers of the last couple of years meant that ant infestations were down on previous years but nature has a way of catching up and 2009 looks set to be a very busy year.
Most people who have this problem try DIY solutions with powders from hardware shops etc but usually these efforts are doomed to failure as they are not tackling the heart of the problem which is the colony itself, hidden safely in the cavity wall or sub-floor area.
Fortunately for many people the answer is at hand.
The process which is carried out mainly from the outside of the house, is perfectly safe for pets and children and has no smell, involves drilling small holes into the cavity walls of the property, not unlike a damp-course injection and injecting an insecticidal powder into the wall under pressure.
This forms an impenetrable barrier over which the ants cannot go and along with a precautionary internal spraying (if necessary) will gradually bring the infestation under control.
The holes, which are only 8mm in diameter remain open so it is a simply matter of re-injecting the cavity every three years to extend the effectiveness of the guarantee by three years.
This procedure is best performed in the early spring however it can be done at any time of the year.
As a limited time special offer before our busy period starts we are offering 25% off the usual cost until April 30 2010. Whilst we normally cover the whole of Lancashire, Cheshire and Greater Manchester, we are able to travel further afield but this will be reflected in the cost.
For a discussion or to arrange an site visit contact Bury Pest Prevention on Free Phone 0800 019 8382
Typical costs
Ants £75 - £400 with 3 year guarantee.
Bury Pest Control Ants
