Ants are a year-round issue in Mount Gravatt, but they tend to spike before rain and through the warmer months. Coastal brown ants push up soil between pavers, black house ants march along skirting boards to the pantry, and small sugar ants find their way into bathrooms and even power points. If you can tell us where the trail starts and ends, it helps the crew plan the visit.
Spraying the trail you can see only moves the problem. The crew we book looks for where the ants are coming from, whether that is a crack in a slab, a garden bed against the wall or a gap under the kitchen window. Baits that worker ants carry back to the nest are often used indoors, while a spray or granules may be applied outside along the edges of the house.
- Trails across kitchen benches and into pantries
- Soil pushed up between pavers and driveways
- Ants in bathrooms, laundries and power points
- Nests in garden beds against the house
- Ants moving in from lawns and retaining walls
After the visit, try not to wipe away trails near bait stations for a few days, as the ants need to reach the bait and carry it home. Keeping food sealed, rinsing out recycling and pulling mulch back from the walls all help. Many homes on the sloping blocks around the mountain have retaining walls and rockeries, which ants love, so these are worth pointing out when you call. If ants turn up in a new spot weeks later, describe what has changed, as it is often a different colony moving in.
The price is given before anyone comes out. Call 07 3543 7770 to book ant control in Mount Gravatt and we will organise a local crew.
