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For more information on how to keep ants out of your property please see below.

Protecting your Home and Family from Ant Problems
Although ants are an irritant when they come into the home the most common species, the Garden Ant, is not thought to carry disease. However, as it is impossible to know where the ants were last foraging for food, it is sensible to take steps to prevent them entering your home and food cupboards.

Types of Ant Problem
There are thousands of different species of ant but the most common ones in the UK are:
 
Garden Ants (also known as Black Ants) - worker ants 4-5mm but the Queen can be as big as 15mm. Queens lay their eggs in the spring in nests that are typically in soil but can be in brickwork or under bark. Garden Ants are attracted to sweet foods and leave a pheromone trail back to their nests for other ants to follow to the food source.
 
Pharoah's Ants - worker ants are 1.5 -2mm long and the Queen is 4 - 6mm long. Both workers and the Queen are a yellow-brown colour. Pharoah's Ants originate from the tropics and require artificial heat in order to survive and reproduce and tend to live in large heated buildings such as hospitals, hotels and blocks of flats. This ant's diet is largely of decomposing foodstuffs and it carries harmful germs picked up from when it has been feeding.
 
Red Fire Ants - workers 3mm long and the Queen up to 6mm long. These ants are a reddish brown colour and live in colonies of up to 100,000 or more ants! Each colony is led by a Queen who lays between 150 and 200 eggs per day. Fire ants build mounds of up to 2 feet high to live in and these are usually built in open, sunny spaces. Fire ants sting both animals and humans and their sting is extremely painful.

How to keep Ants away
The majority of black or garden ants will only come into your home to forage for food and are attracted by sweet and sticky substances. Ensure that there is no readily available food source in your home by:

	Always covering food - we do not know where the ant has been before it crawls across your food!
	Clear away food and liquid spillage's immediately
	Clean food debris from under kitchen appliances
	Make sure all rubbish bins have tightly sealed lids
	Keep compost enclosed and covered
	Clear away your Pet's food immediately it has finished eating

You can help prevent Ants entering your home by sealing access points such as cracks and crevices in door and window frames.