Re: [PestList] Pavement Ant "Mating Swarms"

2024-12-12 Thread Jef Taylor
I see pavement ants year round inside buildings, especially those with heated floors. A swarm with winged adults will last no more than 2 days. If you are seeing large numbers of ants and none have wings, it might be a colony fragmenting, or a colony fighting with a neighbor--these ants have large

Re: [PestList] IPM Protocol

2024-12-12 Thread dani.lookout
That's a great idea! We are a small facility, and have plastic tubs in the break room/kitchen area for people to keep their food in. That break room is one of three areas in the facility where food is allowed. Last year we had a detailing curator who did a short all-employee IPM seminar and g