05/16/2026
**Citronella Ants Showing Up in a Burlington Basement?**
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If you’re seeing small yellow ants or flying ants in your basement, they may be **citronella ants**.
These ants often come out to mate, and many of the flying ants die shortly after. The queen can live much longer, sometimes for several years.
We recently got called to a Burlington building where we manage the pest control program. Staff were seeing these ants in the basement and wanted the issue checked before it became worse.
Citronella ants are usually connected to soil around the foundation, basement walls, concrete cracks, slab edges, and small entry points. They are not the same as regular kitchen ants, so store-bought sweet ant bait usually does not solve the problem.
**How to help get rid of citronella ants:**
* Vacuum up indoor swarmers
* Check cracks, pipes, slab edges, and foundation gaps
* Seal visible entry points
* Reduce moisture around the basement and exterior walls
* Treat active soil and foundation areas
* Inspect outside walls for ant activity
For this Burlington building, we treated the basement activity and spot-treated the exterior foundation walls where the ants were active. Once the source areas were treated properly, the activity dropped.
If you’re seeing yellow ants or flying ants in your basement, it’s best to inspect the source instead of only treating what you see inside.
**Maximum Pest Control Services**
Ant control for Burlington homes, condos, and commercial buildings.
"Citronella Ants in Burlington Basements: How to Get Rid of Them" If you see small yellow ants or flying ants in your Burlington basement, they may be citronella ants. These ants often emerge to mate, and many of the flying ants die shortly afterward. The queen can live much longer, sometimes for se...
