That store-bought spray scattered them. We use professional bait that reaches the queen. No queen — no colony. Done.
📞 (948) 207-1705The most common kitchen ant in Hampton Roads. Repellent sprays trigger colony splitting — you get more trails in more rooms. Non-repellent bait collapses the whole colony.
Tunneling through moisture-softened wood in Chesapeake's humid coastal climate. Found most often near bathrooms, roof lines, and crawl space framing.
Active throughout Chesapeake's open residential areas. Aggressive stings, rapid colony growth, and resistant to most consumer products.
In every driveway and foundation crack in Hampton Roads. They enter homes through expansion joints and gaps in aging slab construction.
Every ant product sold at hardware stores is a repellent — it makes areas unpleasant so ants move. Odorous house ant colonies, when hit with repellent, fragment. One colony becomes three. You treated the kitchen and now there are trails in the garage and bathroom. Professional non-repellent gel bait works completely differently: workers carry it back to the colony, share it through contact, and the entire population — queen included — is eliminated within days. We identify the species first because carpenter ant treatment is completely different from fire ant treatment.
We identify the species, locate entry points, identify nesting areas, and apply the appropriate product in the right locations. No broadcast spraying of the whole house. Gel bait in harborage areas, non-repellent liquid in void spaces where appropriate, exterior perimeter treatment to interrupt foraging trails. A follow-up confirms the colony is eliminated.
Chesapeake's humidity — one of the highest in Virginia — accelerates wood moisture damage in crawl spaces, roof valleys, and areas around windows. This creates ideal carpenter ant nesting conditions throughout the Hampton Roads area. Properties near Western Branch Creek, the Northwest River corridor, and South Norfolk's older housing stock see the highest carpenter ant pressure in the region.
Chesapeake Pest Control Crew · Residential Only · Hampton Roads