What is the best way to keep ants out the house?
Those tiny black ants are commonly known by a variety of names: “sugar ants”, “piss ants” or “sweet ants”, and are referred to simply as “nuisance ants” by the pest control people. A good article about small ant control can be found at: U-Spray Inc. http://www.bugspray.com/article/ants.htm… This article contains a lot of useful information about their behavior and characteristics–handy things to know as you gird yourself to do battle. While this article appears on a North American (Georgia, specifically) pest control site, many of these less exotic “nuisance ants” are commonly found in New South Wales as well. Argentine, Fire, Pharaoh and Carpenter are some of the types that are specifically mentioned as appearing in both parts of the world. The most common species of ants found around the home in your neck of the woods appear to be Argentine, Coastal Brown, Pharaohs, Singapore, Whitefooted House & Carpenter. Sourc
