Around Nevada
Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local ant information
Ant control in Nevada
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Ants in Nevada: what to know
Where the trail leads
Look for the rooms and outdoor areas where you regularly notice ants. Food, water, and small openings are useful things to mention when asking for help.
A useful next step
Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to know the ant species before getting in touch.
Local research
Ants in Nevada: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which ants actually live in Nevada, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
Ant species recorded in Nevada
- Odorous house ant (Tapinoma sessile) — Small (1/16–1/8 inch) brown-black ant that smells like rotten coconut when crushed; found throughout North America with the widest range and greatest ecological tolerance of any…
- Pavement ant (Tetramorium immigrans (T. caespitum)) — Small dark-brown ant (about 1/8 inch) with grooved head that nests under sidewalks, driveways and stones and piles soil at nest entrances; the most common pest ant in and around…
- Harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex spp.) — Desert seed-gathering ants (1/4–1/2 inch) that clear 4- to 35-foot bare circles around nests up to three feet deep; 22 species occur in the U.S., several in Arizona. They sting…
When ants are busiest in Nevada
Harvester ants swarm spring or summer after rain (Univ. of Arizona).
Odorous house ants occur throughout North America (WSU); harvester ants are desert-wide (Univ. of Arizona).
For context, nationally
- more than 367 million acres — Acres infested by imported fire ants. USDA APHIS
- Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Puerto Rico — States and territories with imported fire ant infestations (APHIS). USDA APHIS
Sources: USDA APHIS; Odorous House Ant (Tapinoma sessile Say), EB1550E; Pavement Ants; Harvester Ants (Backyard Gardener #16). Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
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