Odorous House Ants

What are Odorous House Ants?

Small dark brown to black ants. Crush one and it smells like rotten coconut. That smell is the ID.

Are they dangerous?

Nuisance. They contaminate food. They do not damage wood.

What causes them?

They nest in wall voids, under sinks, and outside in mulch. Sweets and pet bowls pull them in.

Signs in the house

Trails to the kitchen, pantry, and water bowl. The coconut smell when you smash one.

In Middle Tennessee

The kitchen ant most houses in Spring Hill, Columbia, Santa Fe, and Franklin actually have.

What Death Row does

Follow the trail, bait the colony, wipe pheromones after. Spray-and-pray splits the colony and makes it worse. Call or text 931-500-6969.

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