When ants invade a home, it is almost always a case of “If you provide it, they will come.” We’re talking about food. Ants randomly forage out from their colonies, looking for available food sources. If that food happens to be in your house, it’s chow time! In most cases, ants first get into your
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My friend says that if you see big black ants in your house, you’ve got carpenter ants eating your wood somewhere. Is that true? N., Jamaica Plain, MA There are at least three things wrong with that assumption. Big, black ants could be carpenter ants. Carpenter ants are certainly the largest of the common household ant
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All of a sudden, we have little dark ants in our family room. They seem to be coming in around the patio door, even though it’s kept closed. I also see ants on the shrubs outside the door so I guess that’s where they’re coming from. How do I keep them out? P. T., Uxbridge,
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What does carpenter ant damage look like? Just in the last few days, we’ve been seeing large black ants in our house that we’re worried might be carpenter ants. Then my son found a piece of wood trim in the basement wall that was kind of dark and mushy and just fell apart when he
VIEW MOREYes, its true we really do have ‘fire’ ants in New England, but it is not the southern species you may be familiar with. They’ve actually been around for over a century. Myrmica rubra or European Fire Ant was first discovered and written about as a new invasive species by W.M. Wheeler in Massachusetts in
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Well its nearly mid February and it really feels like winter outside today with temperatures in the low twenties. What is up with that? The further along we get in this crazy winter and its getting colder instead of moderating. But, pavement ants are starting to show up now in homes and businesses. What species
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The pharaoh ant is a species that I have not personally run across in many years, but which is still considered a major indoor pest in the United States. (http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/ants/pharaoh_ant.htm) Its generic name is Monomorium pharaonis (L). Its common name arose from the belief that perhaps this species was one of the seven plagues visited
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Common names don’t always adequately describe the species they represent, but the common name for the ant species Tapinoma sessile is right on the money. Odorous house ant gets its name from the odd smelling odor it gives off when crushed. It has been described as smelling like bad coconut. I’m not sure about that
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Q: Just this week we started seeing lethargic black ants in our bathroom and kitchen. The ants were different sizes; some were fairly small while some where quite large. They seemed to be sort of looking around for something. Could they be carpenter ants, and what could they be looking for, I thought carpenter ants
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