Ants are the devil in a cemetery!!

Ammons Grave Restoration wants to help keep family memorials looking great for many years. One way we can do this is through education. 

Today, we want to discuss the importance of reducing damage related to those tiny little insects called ANTS. We’ve been told they can carry much more than their weight and how they can move a lot of earth when working together. Well, it is the truth. 

A colony of ants can rapidly undermine a cemetery lot and cause it to become very unstable, resulting in shifting of the headstones and coping around the lot. They can also cause depressions to form within the lot. The instability is a direct result of the tunnels that are built under the surface that creates voids in the ground. During heavy rains or high moisture, some of these tunnels collapse, and the ground drops a little bit. The ants form new tunnels and repeat the process. In a short time, the ground has become very soft and no longer can support the weight of the headstone or coping on the surface. If the coping or headstone becomes unstable enough, it can break or, in the case of a headstone, sink enough and slide off of its supporting base. 

Treating the area for ants is a great and simple way to help eliminate this threat to a grave site. It is very important to treat any mounds as soon as you first notice them to prevent major damage from occurring. 

​Ammons Grave Restoration offers annual and semi annual cleaning services that cover this. 

​If you have concerns or know of ant mound damage and need to speak to someone about correcting the issue, call our specialists at 706-892-8844 for a free consultation.