So, I came home from work today and came in through the back door. Everything was fine. I went to the back door about an hour and a half later and my deck and screen door were infested!! They were covering my deck. There were easily hundreds if not thousands of them!! They look like brown ants with wings. I sprayed with bug spray that has worked well in the past. Hopefully they are gone. Does anyone know how I was infested so quickly and what type of insect does that? I'm in the Cleveland, Ohio area. The temp here is in the mid 70s it rained a bit yesterday and the day before.
2007-10-02 11:27:59 · 6 answers · asked by lild304 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
I'd love to pick up and move!! Totally feasible answer!! :-)
2007-10-02 12:24:29 · update #1
That was a "swarm" hon. Viable females looking to establish new nests. Now identify the insect to procede with treatment.
2007-10-02 11:32:18 · answer #1 · answered by reynwater 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like termites to me. We had them inside the house, wings and all. The only solution was to tent the entire home. You might just have a bad case of them on the outside wood deck and it could be limited to this specific area. I hope so !!
2007-10-02 14:25:31 · answer #2 · answered by bree_thats_me 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wash your deck with a solution made up of one gallon of water,to which you have added one cup of household bleach such as clorox Repeat the next day if neccesary.
what happened wast that these insects were in the larvae stage. because of the warm weather they were hatched all at once. Using the bleach solution will prevent a reocurrence.
2007-10-02 11:39:09 · answer #3 · answered by underthemask 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's the Queen Ants loooking for mates. I had that happen to me once. I used rat poison, coffee,and salt! They were gone in an hour!
2007-10-02 11:37:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Take a Tylonal and you will be okay, if not then go to a doc. If you can't take Tylonal then Advil!Good Luck!
2007-10-02 11:36:14 · answer #5 · answered by 8Melody8 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Move to another climate. don't take anything with you. just go now.
2007-10-02 12:20:40 · answer #6 · answered by Chris 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋