Ant and Mosquito Season is Almost Over But Watch Out For Them For …
Here in the Midwest people who like cooler weather enjoyed their summer. We had very few days above ninety degrees.
Cool climate makes the insects lazy, and I don’t see a lot of activity bug wise.
That’s deceptive though, because we’re entering the peak season for insect attacks. They’ve spent the summer hatching young and growing their populations. They lurk in their nests somewhere, waiting for warm days to heat them up so they can erupt from their holes, and swarm at us.
I see evidence of pending pest attacks from ants. Twice I spotted a group of them working inside my house. They weren’t active enough for me to track them back to the colony location yet, but I’m waiting.
Mosquitoes are bothersome enough when I spend time in my yard. They aren’t the nuisances now that they are on hot evenings, but my experience shows that mosquitoes come at you no matter what the temperature – during the summer and early fall months that is. They just don’t attack in as big an army when it’s cool.
The good thing is when the temperature stays lower bugs are easier to control.
Those ants you see in groups are picking up food. You don’t need to find where the colony is. Get some ant bait (make sure you identify the type of ant, and get a bait that’s formulated for that species), and place that bait right there close to where you see them gathering. They’ll find the bait, carry it back to the nest, and soon enough you won’t see those ants. They’ll disappear for a year or two, spending all their time rebuilding the colony.
If mosquitoes particularly plague you try to figure out where their breeding spot is. Maybe you have an area of standing water they’re laying eggs in. Eliminate the cause of the standing water if you can. An occasional spray (with an approved mosquito aerosol) around the property helps eliminate these bugs.
If you’re planning a cookout spray the area an hour or so before any other preparations, and place some citronella candles around the perimeter. That way you keep mosquito bites to your guests at a minimum.
This time of year, and especially with the cooler weather, insects shouldn’t be much of a problem for you. Their numbers aren’t that big, the nuisance factor is small, and you’re ready for them.
Haven’t you been waiting for them to ambush you all summer long anyway?
Author: Joseph Jackson
Joseph Jackson is an experienced pest control technician and author of ANT RIDDANCE a how to guide for performing do-it-yourself pest control for controlling ants, and BUG BE GONE a how to guide for performing do-it-yourself pest control for controlling mosquitoes and fleas.
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