Carpenter Ants
What do carpenter ants look like?
Carpenter ants are usually black or red but can be a combination of both. Carpenter ants have 3 body segments with a large head and abdomen. Carpenter ants vary in size from 1/2 inch to 5/8 inch long. Carpenter ants antennae are bent with 12 segments. Winged carpenter ants are sometimes mistakenly identified as termite swarmers. Winged carpenter ants will have wings of differing lengths while termites have 2 sets of equal length wings. These winged carpenter ants are typically seen in early spring often after rain when the sun comes back out.
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Are carpenter ants dangerous?
Carpenter ants are not poisonous and they don’t typically bite people. On the off chance, you do startle one into biting you it won’t hurt much more than a pinch. Carpenter ants will, however, be happy to chew through your home, deck, garage, or any other wooden structure. If left untreated the damage done by carpenter ants excavating a structure to create nesting galleries can be quite extensive.
Carpenter ant habitat.
Carpenter ants can be found in moist, decaying, or rotted out wood. This could be outside or inside a structure. While they are mostly found in wooded or forest environments, they will happily use your home or any other wooden structure that may have a moisture problem. Areas of particular to watch on your home would be eaves, decks, and under windows. Carpenter ants will sometimes have a central colony surrounded by satellite colonies.
How do I get rid of carpenter ants?
Ant problems can be quite difficult to eliminate. To eliminate carpenter ants you must find the central colony. This can be quite difficult for most people. If a satellite colony is exterminated but the main colony isn’t the problem will just seem to get better then it will get worse. Walker Pest Management’s professional pest control technicians have been trained to find and eliminate all carpenter ants as well as other common household pests through our year-round Preferred Care Pest Control program.
How can I prevent carpenter ant problems at my home or business?
Start off with a routine maintenance pest program from a pest control expert like those at Walker Pest Management then follow these tips should help prevent any pharaoh ant problems in your home.
- Remove rotting or decayed wood from around your home. This includes firewood, lumber, and even moist rotting mulch.
- Repair any moisture damaged wood.
- Correct any moisture problems in the crawlspace as well as anywhere water is able to sit standing on exposed wood.
- Seal all gaps in foundation, crawlspace, around doors, and windows.
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