You may have seen paver ants and wondered what little critters are making these trails in your concrete slab or driveway. Because they are so small and quickly scurry out of sight, it is challenging to get a clear photo of them. Paver ants are also known as pavement ants, sugar house ants, and road ants (which they probably didn’t like being called). If you use pavers in your yard, these ants may be the bane of your existence. Paver ants are attracted to the cool concrete like a moth to a flame and although they can’t hurt you, they are relentless when it comes to finding food.
Paver Ants
Ants are a nuisance and can make their way into your paver patio. To keep ants out, sprinkle food-grade diatomaceous earth around the perimeter of the patio. The fine particles are abrasive to the shell of an ant, causing it to dehydrate and die.
If you have already noticed paver ants in your patio, a simple solution is to spray them with a mixture of 1 cup warm water and 1 teaspoon dishwashing liquid. This will kill the ants on contact. Another option is to spray them with insecticidal soap or spray oil.
Paver Ants are tiny, round insects that live in the hollows of your pavers. They eat food scraps and other organic material that have been dropped on the ground and make their homes inside the concrete slabs of your walkways or driveways. They’re not harmful, but they can be irritating if they invade your home or yard, especially when they’re covered in dirt and grime from where they’ve been scavenging for food.
So how do you get rid of these ants? The best way is to clean out any food scraps or other organic materials that are attracting them to the area in the first place. You’ll also want to check for cracks in your concrete slabs—this is where these critters tend to nest. If there aren’t any cracks, then chances are good that the ants have found an old crack somewhere else on your property—if this is true then you may need professional help getting rid of them before it becomes too much trouble!
Pavement ant colonies are bad news because they can get close to your house using cracks in your floorboards, slabs, and the house’s foundation itself. Then they move around your house and start looking around for food to take back to the colonies for their queen. If they like being inside of your home, they will take up residence.
They will congregate and make nests around cold and moist places, underneath floors, and in the wall insulation.
List of Paver Ants
- Ortho Home Defense Insect Killer for Indoor & Perimeter2 with Comfort Wand kills ants, cockroaches, spiders, fleas, ticks and other listed bugs; the formula is odor free, won’t stain, and keeps listed bugs out
- KILLS BUGS INSIDE: Kills those annoying home-invading insects, including ants, cockroaches, spiders, fleas, ticks, scorpions, beetles, silverfish, centipedes and millipedes
- KEEPS BUGS OUTSIDE: Creates a bug barrier that will kill bugs you have and prevents new bugs for up to 12 months (applies to ants, roaches and spiders indoors on non-porous surfaces)
- NO STAINING OR STINK: This spray can be used indoors and out, leaves no residue, and has no odor; people and pets may re-enter treated areas after spray has dried
- WAND MAKES APPLICATION EASY: The Comfort Wand eliminates hand fatigue, and there’s no pumping required, making it easy to spray along your home’s perimeter–indoors and outside
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Color | White |
Item Dimensions | |
Height | 4.88 Inches |
Width | 12 Inches |
Length | 8.95 Inches |
Weight | 0.73 Pounds |
- MOUND DESTROYER: Use outdoors directly on fire ant mounds – starts to kill in minutes.
- KILLS THE QUEEN AND COLONY: Kills the fire ant queen and colony in 24 hours – limits the formation of new mounds in treated areas.
- DEEP-REACHING FORMULA: Made with exclusive Accelerator II technology to speed the release of active ingredient into the mound.
- FOR BEST RESULTS: Apply in morning or evening hours when fire ants are closer to the surface.
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Item Dimensions | |
Height | 11.5 Inches |
Width | 7 Inches |
Length | 4 Inches |
Weight | 3.5 Pounds |
- Attracts & Kills – Kills common household ants including acrobat, crazy, ghost, little black, odorous house, pavement, and other sweet-eating ants
- Kills the Ants You See & the Ones You Don’t – As worker ants discover the bait, they share it with the rest of the colony to eliminate them all
- Works Fast – You should see a significant decrease in the number of ants visiting the bait stations within just a few days
- Ready to Use – Place the bait stations, watch it attract ants, and eliminate the entire colony
- Use Throughout Your Home – Place stations near areas where you’ve seen ant activity including along baseboards, in corners, on counters, and more
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Item Dimensions | |
Height | 4.5 Inches |
Width | 6.6 Inches |
Length | 1.2 Inches |
Weight | 0.27 Pounds |
- Kills ants (including fire & carpenter ants), cockroaches, spiders and other insects
- Ready-to-use – Kills insects on contact and continues to kill up to 8 months
- Waterproof dust won’t wash away in rain
- Easy-to-use – Convenient shaker can allows both scatter and wide spread options
- For indoor and outdoor use – ideal for crack and crevice treatments
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Color | Multi |
Item Dimensions | |
Height | 10 Inches |
Width | 4 Inches |
Length | 4 Inches |
Weight | 1 Pounds |
- Landscape Design, Stone, Illustrated
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Item Dimensions | |
Height | 1 Inches |
Width | 1 Inches |
Length | 1 Inches |
Weight | 0.881849048 Pounds |