Ant Dangers and Damage

Ants are extremely active during the spring and summer months especially in New England. Ants can enter through the tiniest openings of your residence or business. They nest out of sight in walls, storage rooms, and the landscaping surrounding a building. Once ants get into a building, they leave an invisible pheromone trail for others in their colony to follow. There can be hundreds if not thousands of them to follow.What are common ant dangers and damages?So if you find these pests in your home or business, should you worry that they are dangerous to family members, employees or clients or even to the structure itself? The answer really depends on the type of ants and the region of the country you live in. For the purpose of this blog, we will be talking about the ants most common in the New England region.

• Carpenter Ants can infest any building in the Northeast and cause fairly significant damage to the wood structure they have taken up residence in. Carpenter ants can chew through different types of wood, and can destroy aspects of your home, like your deck. Carpenter ants can also ruin elements in your landscaping by chewing through wood in retaining walls, or compromising the health of you garden.
• Common House Ants do have the ability to carry bacteria, dirt and pathogens on their body. Since they crawl over food and areas of the kitchen where homeowners prepare food it is possible that they can transfer those unhealthy germs. Although ants are not usually a public health risk they can contaminate food. They can taint any food, making it unsuitable to eat. The best course of action is to eliminate and exclude ants from your home by calling Pest-End Exterminator who have years of experience in getting rid of pests from home in our region.