One of the more annoying aspects of ant infestations is how they tend to mar the beauty of your lawn by making big mounds of dirt that they use as nests. Some of the creatures also tend to leave painful bites if you’re not too careful.
Ant colonies start when queens and male ants swarm and mate. The male ant dies, but the queen burrows herself into the soil of you lawn and starts laying eggs. The eggs turn into larvae, which eventually turn into ants, mostly workers who expand the colony and scavenge for food, taking care of the queen, who continues to lay thousands of eggs throughout her life.
Penn State College of Agricultural Science notes that eradicating an ant infestation in the yard is pretty simple. One technique is to apply the appropriate insecticide to each mound you find. Some products involve poison that the worker ants will pick up and deliver to the queen. When the queen dies, the ant colony dies.
Some will elect to treat the entire lawn, either by themselves or through the services of a professional exterminator. You should be sure to water your lawn immediately to soak the insecticide into the soil. Afterward, do not let children or pets on the lawn until it has dried.
If you find ant mounds on your lawn, besides treating the mounds and the lawn, you might elect to treat the outside of your house with a barrier insecticide that will prevent the ants from entering.
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