Learn what attracts ants, where they tend to nest, how they get inside, and when an inspection can help identify the source.
Pavement ants, carpenter ants, sugar ants, crazy ants, pharaoh ants, and Argentine ants are among the most common ants to invade New York and New Jersey properties. While ants provide benefits outdoors, they become unwelcome, difficult-to-control pests once they move into your yard or home.
Pavement, carpenter, sugar, crazy, pharaoh, and Argentine ants
Sweets, sugary drinks, and garden areas, plus proteins and greasy foods from trash cans, pet food, and grill areas
Cracks in the foundation, gaps under doors, and other small openings
Behind walls, under floors, and in structural wood indoors; damp soil, mulch, and shrubbery outdoors
Can harbor harmful bacteria, contaminate food, bite or sting, and cause structural damage
Seeing ants on your property?
At the first signs of ants, reach out to a pest control professional. Call BHB and our team will help you understand the right next step.
Food is the main reason ants move onto a property. Once comfortable outside, they can find their way indoors through cracks, gaps, and other openings.
Sweets, sticky spills, sugary drinks, trash, pet food, and greasy foods can all attract ants.
Foundation cracks, gaps under doors, and other small openings can give ants a path indoors.
Ants may nest behind walls or under floors near food and moisture, especially around kitchens, bathrooms, and basements.
Outside, ants may nest in damp soil under fallen trees, mulch, dense shrubbery, or landscaping ties. Carpenter ants may nest in water-damaged wood.
BHB Pest Elimination is committed to not just controlling ants but eliminating them — with services tailored to your property's unique ant problem.
A professional inspection helps determine what kind of ant activity you're dealing with and where it's showing up on the property.
BHB recommends the service needed for the ant problem on your property instead of treating every situation the same way.
Food debris, pet food, garbage, sugary spills, and excess moisture can all keep ant activity going.
Sealing openings, storing food properly, cleaning outdoor eating areas, removing garbage, and reducing excess moisture can help make the property less attractive to ants.
Tell us what you are seeing and whether this is for your home or business. Our team will help you with the right next step.
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Ants need only a tiny food or water source to move in. Crumbs, pet food, condensation, and even a few drops of spilled juice can draw a scouting trail into your home.
No — killing visible ants does nothing to the colony. Effective control targets the nest itself, which is why BHB uses baiting and trail mapping instead of surface sprays alone.
We offer same-day and next-day appointments for new customers, so you don't have to live with an active ant problem any longer than necessary.
Yes. Every product is applied by trained technicians and is safe for your household once treatments have dried.
Most homeowners see a significant drop within days, with full colony elimination typically complete within one to two weeks depending on colony size.
