White Footed Ants
Tips on Preventing White Footed Ants
In recent years, small black ants with white ends on their legs have become a pest throughout most of southern Florida. As they move north through Central Florida, homeowners are encountering pesky white-footed ant infestations for the first time. What’s really confusing about these little ants is that it takes a magnifying glass to see their “white feet”, to the naked eye, they just look like solid black ants.
These ants love to take over, which often means eliminating all the other ant colonies in your yard. While that may sound like a good thing, once their population is allowed to grow outside, they will seek refuge inside, which means inside your home. If inside populations are not found in time, they can swarm inside your home for upwards of a month!
White-footed ants favorite plant continues to be the white bird of paradise, although they can infest mulch at the base of trees as well as telephone poles, traveler’s palms and in the fold of many species of palm trees. In order to keep these pests on the outside prune all vegetation away from your home.
If you think you have an ant problem, or want to learn more about Massey’s Pest Prevention, schedule a Free Inspection, or call us at 1-888-2MASSEY (262-7739).
