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Ant control in New Jersey

Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.

Ants in New Jersey: what to know

Around New Jersey

Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.

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 New Jersey: what the public record shows

Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which ants actually live in New Jersey, 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 New Jersey

Carpenter ants (Camponotus spp.) — Large black or bicolored ants (1/4 to 1/2 inch) that excavate moist or decayed wood for nests rather than eating it; indoor nests are usually satellites of an outdoor parent col…
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…
Pharaoh ant (Monomorium pharaonis) — Minute (1/12–1/16 inch) light-brown ant adapted to nesting inside buildings; colonies bud when disturbed or sprayed, so baits are the only workable control. Serious pest of hosp…

When ants are busiest in New Jersey

Carpenter ant swarms in spring or early summer; pavement and odorous house ant swarms May–July (Penn State; Univ. of Minnesota).

Cornell's Ants in Houses fact sheet lists carpenter ants, pavement ant, and odorous house ant as the most common species found in Northeast houses, with cornfield, yellow, acrobat, thief, little black and pharaoh ants also frequent indoors.

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; Carpenter Ants; Odorous House Ant (Tapinoma sessile Say), EB1550E; Pavement Ants; Ants in the Home, Fact Sheet 5.518. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources

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Ant control in New Jersey

Ants in New Jersey: what to know

Around New Jersey

Where the trail leads

A useful next step

Ants in New Jersey: what the public record shows

Ant species recorded in New Jersey

When ants are busiest in New Jersey

For context, nationally

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