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How to Get Rid of Carpenter Ants Before They Do Damage
23.11.2023 - 07:31 / hometalk.com
If you're looking for how to get rid of carpenter ants, you've come to the right place.
Ants are hard workers, and carpenter ants like to work hard to destroy your home. So, if you see one carpenter ant, don’t dismiss it as a non-problem; there are likely thousands more quietly doing their job on your walls.
Their job? To chew away wood in homes and furniture to make safe pathways—called “galleries” in the extermination world—for their colonies and nests.
Carpenter ants do like to chew, so believe it or not, they can be beneficial outdoor insects that feed on annoying plant-damaging bugs such as aphids and scale. They also aid in composting rotting wood, and they help eliminate pest carcasses and debris in the garden.
Unfortunately, carpenter ants are not so tasty to many other predators, except for the occasional passing bat that snags a winged one. Carpenter ants are less damaging outside, but you don’t want them to ruin your shed or wooden structures, either.
Our guide gives you tips and steps to take to manage a carpenter ant infestation and keep them from doing more serious damage to your home.
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There are so many types of ants that it may be tough to identify the one you see to confirm if it's a carpenter kind. Carpenter ants aren’t just black, as most of us believe. They can be dark brown or reddish, too.
They can also have wings and many confuse them with termites (which can also have wings). They also come in various sizes but tend to bulk up in the winter.
If you can get close enough, you can identify a carpenter ant by these physical characteristics:
You’ll be able to better tell if you have carpenter ants not by looking at them, but by examining the evidence they present in your home.
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