Pharaoh Ant Surrey

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Pharaoh Ant Surrey
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• The name possibly originates from the mistaken
  idea that the ant was one of the plagues of
  ancient Egypt. Pharaoh ants commonly distributed
  worldwide and are well known for being one of the
  most evasive household ants.

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• The ants are believed to have been introduced
  into Canada through human commerce where they
  have become a nuisance. That is why many people
  have turned to ants control professionals to help
  them get rid of these annoying pests. That is for
  the reason that you cannot eliminate these pests
  in the event that you use wrong methods. It is
  important to consult experts like ants control
  Vancouver or even ants control Richmond.

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Appearance

• Pharaoh worker ants are about 2 mm in length.
  They are small monomorphic insects and this makes
  their identification very difficult. Their body
  color ranges from light brown to yellowish to
  red with a darker abdomen.

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• The queens are about 4 mm long and are slightly
  darker than the workers. The antennae are
  straight, not elbowed, and have 12 segments with
  a three-segmented club on the end of each
  antenna. These ants have a stinger though rarely
  exerted.

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Reproduction

• No swarms are known to occur in relation to the
  Pharaoh ant. Mating takes place in the nest.
  Queens can produce hundreds of eggs in their
  lifetime in batches of ten to twelve in their
  early days of egg production. Later, this trend
  decreases to batches of only four to seven eggs.

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• The pharaoh ant takes about 38 to 45 days to
  develop from egg to an adult with fully formed
  male and female sexual forms. Males and females
  who are capable of reproduction usually take
  longer to develop than others. The spawning of
  reproductive males and females occurs biannually.

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Nesting habits

• New pharaoh ant colonies are formed through
  budding splitting of the colony. Daughter
  colonies break off from the mother colony with a
  few queens, larvae and workers. Even in the
  absence of a queen, the worker ants can develop
  one from the pre-adults.

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• Budding allows pharaoh ants infestations to
  spread to nearly any section of a structure.
  Large colonies may contain up to 300,000 workers
  and several queens. The non-aggressive nature of
  pharaoh ants, including among different castes,
  enhances the successful growth of colonies.

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Habitat

• Warm, humid, and inaccessible locations near food
  sources favor the nesting of pharaoh ants. In
  Canada, heating structures make perfect habitats
  for Pharaoh ants, which are accustomed to
  tropical climates.

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• Due to their preference for indoor nesting
  locations, pharaoh ants control is quite hectic.
  They are commonly found in apartments and
  commercial buildings such as hospitals,
  commercial bakeries, and hotels. Nest locations
  include wall voids, folded sheets, paper sacks,
  and clothes, and behind insulation appliances.

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• Pharaoh ants will travel along electrical wires
  and plumbing and disperse throughout buildings
  and even entire blocks.Pharaoh ant infestations
  in hospitals have become a major problem in
  various locations.

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• They can transmit scores of pathogens, for
  example through the contamination of sterilized
  equipment and rooms. This makes them a major
  health risk for groups such as newborns and burn
  victims.

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Feeding habits

• Pharaoh ants can eat all types of food. They,
  however, prefer sweets. Additionally, they have
  been known to feed on other insects. Their
  foraging system involves an every morning food
  search by the workers.

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• Once the worker finds food, it immediately
  returns to the nest leaving a scout trail back to
  the food source for other scouts to follow.
  Exploration of new regions for food requires the
  ants to employ a land rush tactic. This involves
  the constant release of pheromones by several
  workers as they forage for food.

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