Professional Ant Control in Eltham

Why the Ground Here Suits Them

Ants nest in dry, workable, well-drained ground and warm hard surfaces above it help. Eltham sits on a high sandy plateau, and the estate housing came with concrete paths, paved yards, patios and steps laid straight onto that ground. Small piles of fine excavated soil between paving slabs, at a path edge or on a doorstep are the nest telling you exactly where it is.

That is also why the trail indoors is a summer event rather than a permanent condition. The colony is outside; the kitchen is a food source it has found.

Flying ants

For a short spell each summer mature nests release winged queens and males, usually across a whole area on the same warm day. It is brief and it is not an infestation of the house they emerge beside. It does tell you a mature nest is close, which is useful if you have had a trail indoors and could not work out where from.

Signs You May Need Ant Control in Eltham

The full list is on the Ant Control Greenwich page.

• A consistent trail. Ants following the same line along a worktop, a skirting or a wall, day after day, rather than wandering individuals.
• Small piles of fine soil. Between paving slabs, at the edge of a path or on a doorstep, pushed up as the nest is excavated.
• Activity indoors in early spring. Which usually means the nest is in or against the building rather than out in the garden.

How We Deal With Ants in Eltham

We follow the trail to where it leaves the building and treat the colony with bait the workers carry home, or treat the nest directly where it is accessible under a slab, a step or a wall.