If you think they're yellow crazy ants
Yellow crazy ants spray formic acid, which may burn and irritate skin and eyes. Keep children and pets away, don't disturb them, and contact Biosecurity Queensland.
Kedron's own picture
Yellow crazy ants on the record
Business Queensland lists suburban Kedron with light industrial properties at Rocklea and an industrial estate at Pinkenba. The ant is category 3 restricted matter in Queensland, so nobody may give it away, sell it or release it. That's a state record, and it doesn't tell you what's in your yard today.
The Kedron Avenues
The first section of the Glenkedron land, between Edinburgh Castle Road and Kedron Brook, went on sale on 17 November 1917. The State Library of Queensland says much of the Avenues had been sold and developed by 1950, with houses in interwar styles.
Kedron Brook
Brisbane City Council's creek flood alerts list Kedron under Kedron Brook, with Gordon Park and Kalinga, and a gauge at McCord Street.
Which ant is it?
| Yellow crazy ant | Fire ant | |
|---|---|---|
| Size | About 5 mm long | 2 to 6 mm, mixed sizes in one nest |
| Colour | Yellow to brownish, darker abdomen | Coppery brown, darker abdomen |
| Look for | Very long legs and antennae, erratic frantic walking | Mounds, or flat patches of disturbed soil with no obvious entry holes |
| What to do | Contact Biosecurity Queensland | Report to Biosecurity Queensland within 24 hours, by law, online or by phone |
Ordinary ants, and everything else
Most ants in a Kedron kitchen are ordinary house ants, and those are a normal job for a pest business. Clean up crumbs and sweet spills, follow the trail back to where they're getting in, and see our Brisbane ant page if they keep returning.
A home from the interwar years has had plenty of decades for small changes: a new deck, a garden bed against the wall, a bathroom added at the back. Tell the termite inspector about all of it. In Queensland, termite work needs a QBCC licence on top of the pest licence.
Where we'd start with pests in Kedron
If they're fast, yellow and erratic, we'd keep clear and report them, then take a clear photo from a distance. For any other pest, or a termite check on an older home, tell us what you've seen and your postcode.
Want someone to look at it?
Tell us what you've seen and your postcode, and a local pest business that handles exactly that calls you to talk it through.
