If you see large ants crawling inside or around your home, you may have a carpenter ant nest nearby. Unlike termites, carpenter ants don’t eat wood, they excavate it to make their nest. Nevertheless, carpenter ants can cause serious structural damage to your home if left unchecked. In some parts of the country, like New
VIEW MOREIt can be a real challenge to determine whether ants in a home are nesting inside the house or are nesting outside and just looking for food inside. Knowing the answer to this question can make a difference in how the ants are controlled. Indications That an Ant Colony is Nesting Inside: Ant workers are
VIEW MOREThere they are again. A trail of tiny ants moving along the baseboard, up the wall, along the counter top, into the sugar bowl… Where are they coming from? You might first see invading ants outside around your home’s foundation, under the sidewalk, or in an old tree stump. They can find their way inside
VIEW MOREI’ve asked several different exterminators what they do to kill carpenter ants, but I can’t get a good answer. Some bait, some spray, some don’t want to say. Is it a big secret? Can you tell me what method your company uses to control carpenter ants in a house? N. E., Bow, NH There actually
VIEW MORESometimes the first indication that carpenter ants are nesting in a home is the sudden appearance of piles of sawdust on the floor. You don’t pay much attention at first. Not until you realize that you have swept the same piles up two or three times do you start wondering where they are coming from.
VIEW MOREWe’ve had an on-again, off-again ant problem for more than a year. A friend suggested that these could be carpenter ants. Ants don’t concern me much but should I be worried about carpenter ants? D. F., Georgetown, MA The main way that carpenter ants are different from other ants is that they like to nest
VIEW MOREWith carpenter ants, you usually don’t see any damage on the outside surface of the wood, but when you break into the wood, you’ll find galleries. Unlike termites, carpenter ants are completely housed inside the wood with no soil connection, so there’s no dirt‑like material in the wood galleries. Carpenter ant galleries are clean and
VIEW MOREThere are a number of signs that can tell you whether or not you have a carpenter ant problem. For example, have you seen large‑winged ants indoors in any number? Winged carpenter ants are the swarming form and are often mistaken for swarming termites. Winged ants are produced when a colony reaches a certain size.
VIEW MOREIf carpenter ants don’t eat wood, why should I be concerned if I have a few in my house? I’ve had ants before and they eventually go away.–B.E., Holden, MA Are The Ants Just Foraging or Are They Nesting? You shouldn’t necessarily be concerned if you have just a few carpenter ants in your house.
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