Portland Ant Control & Exterminator Services

Rain brings Portland ants inside. We send them back out.

We love Portland. Unfortunately, ants love it too. Every heavy rain floods their nests, and they march straight into your kitchen looking for a dry spot and a snack. We find where they’re coming from, treat the nest and help keep them outside all year.

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Problem solved properly

A few ants on the counter usually means a nest nearby.

In Portland, that nest is usually in the yard, under a sidewalk or tucked inside a damp wall. The ants you see are just the workers. The rest of the colony stays hidden and keeps sending more.

Store-bought sprays only kill the ants you can see. Spray an odorous house ant trail and the colony can split into new nests. Now you have two problems instead of one.

What you get with Bug Zapper

We don’t just spray. We stop ants at the nest.

We follow the trail back to the nest, treat the paths ants are using and check the gaps they use to get inside. It’s the same ant control we do all over Oregon, from technicians who work Portland every day.

Find hidden nests
Treat entry points
Pet & kid conscious
1-year guarantee
Follow-up visits
Local Portland technicians

HOW WE DO IT

Simple ant control from start to finish.

You’ll know what we’re doing and why at every step.

Find the nest

We follow the trail back to where the ants live: the yard, under the slab or inside a wall.

Treat the colony

We pick baits, dusts, gels or liquids based on the kind of ant and where it’s nesting.

Protect the home

We treat the paths ants cross and check the gaps they use to get inside.

Guarantee it

If ants come back within a year, so do we. Re-treatments are unlimited.

Good to know

Which ants do Portland families see most?

Three kinds of ants keep us busy in Portland. Knowing which one you have tells us where to look for the nest.

Odorous house ants (most people call them sugar ants): small, dark and smell like rotten coconut when crushed.
Carpenter ants: big and black. They chew into damp wood but don’t eat it.
Pavement ants: nest under sidewalks and push up little piles of dirt.
Ants can fit through a 1/16” gap.

When ants show up in Portland.

Spring: winged carpenter ants swarm out of damp wood. Seeing them inside usually means a nest in the house.

Rainy months: heavy rain floods odorous house ant nests, and they move into kitchens and bathrooms.

Summer: pavement ants push dirt up through driveway and sidewalk cracks, and hot dry spells send ants inside looking for water.

VERIFIED GOOGLE REVIEWS

What Oregon families say

“We have had small sugar ants for years in the spring and summer. My husband constantly sprayed for them. Decided this year we weren’t going to deal with them. And one treatment, so far we haven’t had any problems.”

Jennifer H. · Google review, Portland metro · ★★★★★

PORTLAND ANT CONTROL

Before you reach out.

Why do I get ants every time it rains?

Heavy rain floods ant nests in the yard. The ants move somewhere dry, and your kitchen is right there. Odorous house ants are the worst for this in Portland. We treat the nest, not just the trail, so they stop coming back.

Do I have carpenter ants or termites?

Carpenter ants are black, with a skinny waist and bent antennae. A lot of Portland “termite” calls turn out to be carpenter ants. We treat carpenter ants. We don’t treat termites.

Are your ant treatments safe for pets and kids?

Yes. We pick our products with pets and kids in mind and put them only where the ants are.

Do you cover my part of Portland?

Yes. We treat ants all over the metro, from St. Johns to Sellwood and out to Beaverton, Gresham, Tigard and Lake Oswego. See everything we do on our Portland pest control page.