Black Ant
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Often referred to as Garden Ants, this species is regarded as a public nuisance pest due to their foraging habits. Once a food source is found the worker will lay a pheromone trail back to the nest resulting in large numbers clustering around it.
This is the species most commonly referred to as flying ants when large numbers of queens and drones emerge on a humid late summer day to mate. Hillbans Pest Control can achieve good levels of control using some of the modern insecticide gels and new treatment regimes for this very persistent insect.