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Look familiar? The ants are here again.
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After a summer of heat, earthquakes, and landslides. Now, Southern Californians are contending with ants.
Yes. Nature's most industrious workers have been sneaking their way through hairline cracks and tiny openings into the homes of many Angelenos.
It's not just you
If you are experiencing an uncontrollable surge of the insect in your home. Rest assured, you are not alone.
"This is probably one of the busier seasons we've had in the last 20 years," said James Carter, who manages the family-run Eary Termite & Pest Services in Chino.
Carter started seeing an uptick in customers seeking ant treatment in June β and those calls have not subsided.
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The reason, Carter said, is the weather β "very hot" and "very dry" weather.
"There's so many ways for the ants to get in, like from under the slab, inside the walls, the foundation of the home," Carter said.
Once inside, they're gunning for shelter, food, and water.
"It's a little cooler inside of homes than it is outside," said Carter, adding that it's not unusual for them to establish one or more colonies inside the walls or in other places.
"You have some ants that are protein ants looking for protein and then others looking for sugar," he said.
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Treatment typically involve spraying inside and around the perimeter of a property.
"We look for ant trails and we inspect the entire structure, trying to figure out how the ants are getting in, and then treating the trails of ants and treating those areas where the queen is," he said.
Carter expects these ant attacks to dial down come the cooler months of November and December.
In the meantime, hang in there, folks. We've been through worse β landslides, earthquakes, record heat, to name a few things.
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