Little Black Ant
Nest Site/Characteristics: Colonies of little black ants are small and contain many queens. If disturbed, colonies will readily move to other locations.
Winged reproductives appear from June to August. Indoors, little black ants nest in woodwork, decaying wood and masonry.
Outside nests are found in the soil under rocks, logs or debris. Nests may also be found in landscape mulch and in open areas of lawns where nests are characterized by small craters of very fine soil. A common location for outdoor nests is directly adjacent to building foundations. These ants forage in trails commonly seen on foundation walls and along sidewalks.
Feeding Preferences: Little black ants are most commonly observed foraging on sugar sources such as insect honeydew and plant nectars. Indoors,
little black ants may feed on grease, oil, meats, fruits, vegetable material such as corn meal, and sweets. Outdoors, they eat other insects, honeydew and sap secretions.
Control: Locate the nest or nests by following trails and treat each nest directly with Temprid SC, Tempo or Suspend. Direct nest treatments with residual insecticides will be most effective.
• Dust voids of outside ground-floor walls and infested interior walls with insecticide dust, such as Drione or Tempo, or inject voids with Premise Foam.
• Apply a perimeter treatment with Temprid SC, Tempo, Suspend or DeltaGard G.
• Bait with Maxforce Quantum or Maxforce FC Ant Killer Bait Gel.
