Carpenter Ant Treatment

Got Ants

Carpenter ants seek out damp and rotting wood to live within. They like to live in tree stumps or fallen, rotting logs where moisture is present. Parts of your home that are exposed to the elements are most susceptible to carpenter ant damage. Carpenter ants are large ants indigenous to many forested parts of the world. They build nests inside wood consisting of galleries chewed out with their mandibles, preferably in dead, damp wood. we have the knowledge and experience to deal with them and have been helping residents eliminate their ant problems for almost 21 years. So, if you find yourself facing an ant infestation of your own, contact us and allow your ants to become our history .

We cannot emphasize enough how important professional home pest inspections and assessments are. To the untrained eye, this wood damage may appear to be caused by termites, when in fact, it has been caused by Carpenter Ants. The most common ants are the

Odorous Ants.

The Odorous Ant is also one of the most active and potentially damaging. Typically about about 1/8 of an inch and black or brown in color, Odorous Ants get their name because they smell like rotting coconuts when crushed. Living in colonies in sizes of about 100,000 these ants are most active in Spring, Summer and Fall, although Winter only slows them down a little. They can be found just about anyplace inside and out: in rotting trees, near and under concrete, between window frames, cracks, crevices, etc. Though they are primarily attracted to sweets they will eat just about anything including veggies, dairy and meat.

Due to the size of their colonies, treatment typically involves taking measures to eliminate the colony and any remnants of it immediately. However, because these ants are year round invaders, year round maintenance is a smart decision.

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