Ants
Pavement ants: identification & pavement ant control
Pavement ants nest under concrete and enter through expansion joints and slab cracks. We bait the trails, treat the slab perimeter and seal the entry points so foraging stops at the door.
How to identify pavement ants
- What it looks like
- Dark brown-black ants with pale legs and fine parallel grooves on the head and thorax.
- Size
- 1/8 inch
- Where you'll find it
- Under sidewalks, driveways, patios, slab foundations and stones.
- Commonly confused with
- Odorous house ants lack head grooves and smell when crushed.
Signs of pavement ants in your home
- Small sand piles in sidewalk cracks
- Trails along garage walls
- Ant-versus-ant sidewalk battles in spring
Pavement ants questions homeowners ask
What are those little dirt piles between sidewalk cracks?
Excavated soil from a pavement ant nest directly beneath the concrete.
Are pavement ants harmful?
They rarely bite and cause no structural damage, but they contaminate food and can nest under slabs by the thousands.
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