Crazy Ant

Nest Site/Characteristics: Crazy ants are noted for their erratic movements. They appear to be lost and confused. Colonies tend to be small, with up to
2,000 workers and 8–40 queens. The presence of numerous interconnected colonies may result in larger infestations.

Colonies may spontaneously
abandon one nest site and move to another. Inside, crazy ants usually nest under floors and in wall voids, frequently near hot-water pipes and heaters.
Workers follow trails of up to 100 feet to forage for food. Outside, nests are shallow and in soil under objects or in plant cavities, trees, trash, refuse, mulch and potted plants. Crazy ants enter homes in the fall or after rain when honeydew supplies are reduced.

Feeding Preferences: Crazy ants prefer insects and sweets, but will feed on any household food. Outside, their preferred diet includes insects, seeds,
fruits and honeydew from aphids, mealybugs and scale insects.
Control: Locate the nest by following the trail of foraging workers from their food source. Thoroughly treat each nest with Temprid SC, Tempo or Suspend.

• In infested interior walls or in the voids of outside ground-floor walls, drill and inject insecticide dust, such as Drione or Tempo, or inject voids with Premise Foam. Access wall voids via electrical outlets and plumbing installation holes.
• For perimeter treatments, apply Temprid SC, Tempo, Suspend or DeltaGard G.
• Maxforce Quantum is the bait of choice for crazy ants. Treat foraging ant trails, near suspected nest sites, cracks and crevices around the perimeter and suspected ares of ant activity.