Ants

From $295.00 External only treatment.

$253.00 Internal only treatment.

From $417.50 Full internal & external ant treatment (includes 3 month warranty).

If you’re having a problem with ants, it’s more than likely white-footed house ants. These small black ants are the most common species of ant in the Auckland region and are the one’s we most often treat for when homes or businesses call forant extermination services.

Theses ants prefer to nest in cavities, it’s very common to find them nesting in the walls and ceilings, usually on the sunny side of the home.

Most of the time they’re not a problem as they’re quite happy to forage for food and water outside of the home. However, if their nest is disturbed or food and water become scarce you will start to notice annoying ant trails to any food they can find in your home.

Pro-tip: DON’T use store bought ant bait inside the house. If it’s white-footed house ant you’ll make the problem worse. If your unsure, put the bait outside. It’ll still work but it won’t attract the ants inside.

What if they’re not the white-footed house ant?

Less common problem ants in and around Auckland are the common black house ant, coastal brown ants (a big problem in St Heliers and around the Sandringham/Mt Albert areas) and Argentine ants (Onehunga has a growing problem). The most important requirement is that our ant exterminator identify the type of ants to ensure the right treatment for the that particular ant species.

The wrong treatment will very likely make your ant problem worse and more difficult to control.

Our experienced technicians will ensure you get the right treatment for the type of that’s causing you problems.

Bug King are AntPro certified ant exterminators. AntPro certified exterminators are trained to a high degree to ensure the ants invading your home are correctly identified and effectively exterminated.

When treating for the most common ant in Auckland, our key focus is exterminating the queen ants in all nests in and around your home.

We do this using a non-repellent treatment around the outside of your house targeting ant nests, common ant highways and active ant trails. The ants pick-up microscopic particles of the treatment and transfer it back to the nests causing the nest to collapse and die.

In most cases this happens within a week. However, if it’s a particularly large nest this may take up to 5 weeks.

If you want immediate relief from ants trailing internally, we can apply a repellent treatment in problem areas throughout your home. This keeps the ants outside while the external treatment does the grunt work.

Quite often customers concerned about chemicals in their homes request an external only treatment.

If you want advice on ant issues, the type of ant you have and which treatment option will suit you best, feel free to give our ant control team a call. Call Bug King on 0800 54 64 54.

For external treatments only, no preparation or aftercare is required.

For internal treatments the following preparations need to be made;

• Cover or put away exposed foods like fruit bowls, etc.
• Put clean dishes, tea towels and paper towels away. It’s OK to leave dishes out if they’re going to be washed. 
• Put away toothbrushes, towels and toilet paper
• Cover fish tanks and turn the pump off.
• Ensure pet food is covered or put away
• Pull the duvet up to cover all pillows on the bed and cover any cots.
• You will need to vacate your home for a minimum of 4 hours from the time the treatment is completed.

Aftercare for internal treatments;

• On return, enter your home and open windows and doors and allow to air for 10mins.
• Wipe down all food preparation surfaces. We recommend using rubber gloves while doing this and being conscious of not rubbing your eyes until the gloves are removed.

Our internal treatments use synthetic pyrethroids (which are based on natural pyrethrums). The products we use have been proven safe in sensitive situations over several decades. All treatments are professionally applied and are at a level that are very safe for humans and pets. All products are readily metabolized. If you do come into contact with the treatment it will just pass straight through you and not build up in your body over time.