Summer is the season for cookouts, backyard fun, and, unfortunately, ants. If you’ve noticed more ants than usual marching through your kitchen or crawling around your home’s exterior, you’re not alone. At Advanced Pest Solutions, we get lots of calls this time of year from homeowners wondering why ants seem to invade more during the summer months.

Here’s what’s going on — and what you can do about it.

Have you noticed the increase in daylight hours? How about the fact that temperatures in many Maine communities have been above freezing more than one day in the last couple of weeks? If you take a moment to really look around, you’ll see that spring has arrived in Maine and it won’t be long before we can put the shovels away and pack up the snow gear.  Just in time too to prepare for the onslaught of mosquitoes, ticks, ants, and other springs pests. And speaking of ants, also known as America’s #1 nuisance pest, in today’s post we’re going to spend a few minutes discussing the types of ants commonly found in Maine.