Carpenter ants are a difficult pest to deal with,” says Emma Grace Crumbley, a professional entomologist who, as a member of the pest management company Mosquito Squad, helps educate the public about ...

Carpenter ants are twice as big as other types of black ants, which makes identification easy. If you have a carpenter ant infestation, act promptly ...

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Set out baits labeled for carpenter ants. ... If your first bait isn’t working, try a different type. Avoid spraying indiscriminately indoors. That’s not going to eliminate the nest, ...

Do you know what kind of ants they are and how to get rid of them? I’m pretty sure they are western carpenter ants. They leave sawdust under my mantel, where they hang out.

Carpenter ants are interesting. There are many types. One kind of carpenter ant in Asia will commit suicide to protect the nest by causing its head to explode, spraying the enemy with a toxic ...

Q Can you tell me why black ants have appeared in the second floor of my house? There are usually only one or two when found and they've been popping up in various rooms -- so no real discernible ...

Reddish-brown Florida carpenter ants, which reach about 1.5 centimeters (about three-fifths of an inch) in length, can be found nesting in rotting wood throughout the southeastern United States.

Florida carpenter ants were observed cleaning wounds and carrying out leg amputations to save the lives of their nestmates, ... a type of surgical intervention previously only seen in humans.