Ant Control Great Shelford

Signs You May Need Ant Control in Great Shelford

• Repeated ant trails indoors, usually following the same route
• Activity around food cupboards, worktops and the bin
• Ants emerging from cracks, skirting boards or door frames
• Activity that returns within days of a household spray
• Concentrated activity outside, against a wall, path or patio

What They Are Actually Feeding On

Ants are not coming in because the kitchen is dirty. Foraging workers explore constantly and they are extremely good at finding traces a person would never notice. An immaculate kitchen with one sticky ring behind the kettle is a target.

Where it usually turns out to be

• Behind and under the kettle, toaster and coffee machine — the crumb tray of a toaster is the single most productive place to look
• Under the units, where something was spilled and ran into the gap between the plinth and the floor
• The pet bowl, particularly wet food left down
• Recycling — an unrinsed bottle or jar in a box indoors
• Sugar, honey and syrup in packets with the top folded over rather than sealed
• The bin, and more often the bin itself than what is in it

Sweet things get the attention, but ants also take protein and fats, particularly earlier in the season when the colony is rearing brood. So it is worth looking for grease and food residue as well as anything sugary.

Once the colony is dealt with, wiping the routes down with detergent removes the pheromone trails, which is worth doing at that point.

How We Approach Ant Control in Great Shelford

We follow the trails to whatever they are feeding on, because that is both the reason they are indoors and the thing the treatment has to compete with.

The treatment is then placed on the active route where the workers will take it up in preference. You will know what we are doing and what it costs before we start.

How Much Does Ant Control Cost in Great Shelford?

Our current price is £240 fixed price, guaranteed. There is no call-out fee, and the figure is confirmed with you before anything is booked — never afterwards.

Our Ant Control cost guide explains what the price covers and what happens on the day, and every price we charge is published on the pest control price list.

Why Great Shelford Property Owners Call a Professional

The instinct is to clear everything away and scrub the surfaces. It gets rid of the ants for a day and leaves the colony untouched — and if it is done during a treatment, it removes the very thing the ants were meant to be carrying home.