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What Attracts Spiders to Garages, Basements, and Crawl Spaces?

Spider Control in Garages, Basements and Crawl Spaces: What Oakville and Hamilton Homeowners Need to Know Most spiders found in garages, basements, and crawl spaces across Oakville, Hamilton, Burlington, Milton, and Mississauga are relatively harmless. However, when populations grow and spiders begin moving into living spaces, they become a real nuisance. The most effective approach combines sealing ent...

Citronella Ants in Your Basements: How to Get Rid of Them

Citronella Ants in the Basement: Why They Appear and How to Get Rid of Them? If you see yellow-orange colored ants with wings flying ants in a basement, they may be citronella ants. These type of ants usually emerge to mate, and many ...

**Citronella Ants Showing Up in a Burlington Basement?**
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If you’re seeing small yellow ants or flying ants in your basement, they may be **citronella ants**.

These ants often come out to mate, and many of the flying ants die shortly after. The queen can live much longer, sometimes for several years.

We recently got called to a Burlington building where we manage the pest control program. Staff were seeing these ants in the basement and wanted the issue checked before it became worse.

Citronella ants are usually connected to soil around the foundation, basement walls, concrete cracks, slab edges, and small entry points. They are not the same as regular kitchen ants, so store-bought sweet ant bait usually does not solve the problem.

**How to help get rid of citronella ants:**

* Vacuum up indoor swarmers
* Check cracks, pipes, slab edges, and foundation gaps
* Seal visible entry points
* Reduce moisture around the basement and exterior walls
* Treat active soil and foundation areas
* Inspect outside walls for ant activity

For this Burlington building, we treated the basement activity and spot-treated the exterior foundation walls where the ants were active. Once the source areas were treated properly, the activity dropped.

If you’re seeing yellow ants or flying ants in your basement, it’s best to inspect the source instead of only treating what you see inside.

**Maximum Pest Control Services**
Ant control for Burlington homes, condos, and commercial buildings.

Maximum Pest Control Services on Google "Citronella Ants in Burlington Basements: How to Get Rid of Them" If you see small yellow ants or flying ants in your Burlington basement, they may be citronella ants. These ants often emerge to mate, and many of the flying ants die shortly afterward. The queen can live much longer, sometimes for se...

Shopping Around for Pest Control Service in Hamilton? Maximum is The Answer For You!

Maximum Pest Control Services. on Google Shopping Around for Pest Control Service in Hamilton? Maximum is The Answer For You! Shopping around for pest control in Hamilton can feel confusing when every company says something different. Here at Maximum Pest Control Services, we keep things clear. If you are dealing with mice, rats, ants, ear...

Why Horse Ranches in Need Monthly Pest Control?
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Every month, our team heads out to a local horse ranch in Burlington for their scheduled pest control visit. Rodents don't take a month off, so neither do we.

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"Carpenter Ants in Hamilton Are More Destructive Than Most People Think" https://share.google/CArtOU3Akxqf3kIcq
We get calls about carpenter ants in Hamilton every spring and summer and most homeowners are shocked when they find out how much damage was already done before they noticed.

Spider Web Removal and Exterior Spray Completed in Oakville ON
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Today our team completed a spider service at a large home in after the homeowner asked us to remove spider webs and spray the exterior areas where spiders had been active.

We arrived around noon and walked the property with the homeowner. Because of the size of the house and the upper-level access, we knew this was not going to be a quick 30-minute job. The homeowner showed us that the upper level had to be accessed from inside one of the bedrooms, so we started there first.

Our service included:
-Removing spider webs from the upper level
-Spraying the areas where spiders were active
-De webbing and treating the lower exterior level
-Installing a large rodent station by the AC unit
-Checking the main areas where spiders commonly rebuild

Maximum Pest Control Services on Google "Spider Web Removal and Exterior Spray Completed in Oakville ON" Today our team completed a spider service at a large home in Oakville after the homeowner asked us to remove spider webs and spray the exterior areas where spiders had been active. We arrived around noon and walked the property with th...

Earwigs Showing Up in Your Burlington Home. Why is That?
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Finding earwigs inside is more common in Burlington than most people expect, especially in homes with garden beds and mature landscaping close to the foundation.

Maximum Pest Control Services on Google Earwigs Showing Up in Your Burlington Home. Why is That? Finding earwigs inside is more common in Burlington than most people expect, especially in homes with garden beds and mature landscaping close to the foundation. Why They're Coming Inside The House: -They follow moisture and get in through fou...

Why Heavy Rain Pushes Ants into Homes?
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The sequence of events:
• Flooding of nest = Immediate relocation of nest
• Warmth and moisture= Regular access to food and water
• High humidity, especially inside kitchens and basements

Maximum Pest Control Services on Google "Ant Infestations after Rain in Milton and Mississauga Homes" If you notice ants emerging from different areas of your home after it rains, it is likely that you have a live colony present and not just a few rogue ants wandering around. Understanding the species, sealing entry points, removing moist...

Ant Infestations after Rain in Milton and Homes https://www.maximumpestcontrol.ca/ants/ant-infestations-after-rain-in-milton-and-mississauga-homes/ Most nests for ants are located under ground level, on rocks, or along building foundations. As they become flooded, ants are left with no choice but to move into nearby structures.

Ant Infestations after Rain in Milton and Mississauga Homes The heavy rain of late has also brought the invasion of ant infestations into homes in Milton and Mississauga. When an ant nest is flooded by unexpected rain, the ants move to find a dryer location, search for food and water. Ants come into homes by leaking through cracks around the foundation, hole...

Eco-Friendly Pest Control Actually Work
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Stop Pests Safely Is Eco-Friendly Pest Control the Answer? Does Eco-Friendly Pest Control Actually Work? https://www.maximumpestcontrol.ca/pest-control/does-eco-friendly-pest-control-actually-work/If you've ever wond...