Ant Control
We don't kill the ants you see. We kill the colony you don't.
Serving Massachusetts & Connecticut
The ants on your kitchen counter are maybe 5% of the problem — scouts from a colony that may hold tens of thousands, often nested in a wall void, under a slab, or in a moisture-damaged sill. In Connecticut and on the Cape that colony is frequently carpenter ants, which hollow out damp structural wood to nest.
Spraying the visible trail with a repellent actually makes it worse: the colony senses the threat, buds into satellite nests, and spreads.
What we handle
The Playbook
How Seaport treats ants
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Trail-back inspection
Ants tell you where the nest is if you know how to read them. We trace active trails to entry points and likely nest sites — moisture-stained sills, deck ledger boards, stumps and landscape timbers near the foundation.
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Non-repellent exterior treatment
The core of the program: a liquid the ants cannot detect, applied along the foundation and trail routes. Workers walk through it, groom each other, feed the queen — and the transfer effect collapses the entire colony within days, including nests we never had to find.
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Interior deterrent application
Inside the home we use the opposite tool — a deterrent-action product in cracks and crevices that pushes foraging ants back outside and into the exterior treatment zone.
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Yard granules for the egg cycle
Granules across the lawn and beds soak into the soil where outdoor colonies nest, breaking the reproduction cycle so spring doesn't restart the problem.
What to expect
Expect to see MORE ants for 24–48 hours after treatment — that's the non-repellent doing its job as foragers move product through the colony. Activity then drops sharply, with full collapse typically inside a week. If a trail persists past that, the Retreatment Guarantee brings us back free.
Timing & seasonality
Carpenter ant activity explodes in April–May as colonies wake; winged swarmers indoors in late spring signal a nest inside the structure, not a passing visitor. Pavement ant pressure peaks mid-summer; late-summer rain drives new indoor trails.
Ants questions, answered
Why do I see more ants right after treatment?
Because the product is non-repellent, ants don't avoid it — they keep foraging, pick it up, and share it through the colony. The visible surge for a day or two is the mechanism working. Killing them on contact would protect the colony.
Are carpenter ants as bad as termites?
They're different: termites eat wood, carpenter ants excavate it to nest — always in wood that's already moisture-compromised. The damage is slower, but a mature satellite-colony network in your walls is a structural problem and a moisture warning at the same time.
Can I just use ant spray from the hardware store?
Store sprays are repellents. They kill the scouts you see and warn the colony, which responds by budding into multiple satellite nests. It's the most common way a small ant problem becomes a whole-house one.
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