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Carpenter ants are commonly found across the country so you will likely encounter them at some point. Unfortunately, they’re more than an annoyance since they can damage wood items. They have two antennas and six legs. While they’re black, it is common for them to have reddish areas. Despite traveling in large groups, you may never see the carpenter ants as they move across your lawn or the highway. They can tear through wood furniture using their tough mandibles. The size of the carpenter ant depends on its class.
For instance, the queen can reach a little over half an inch in length. As for worker carpenter ants, they rarely top half an inch in length.
Knowing When You Have Carpenter Ants
If you believe your home has carpenter ants, you should look for the following issues.
- You’ve seen the ants in your home. Look around for big, black ants that are moving around your home.
- When scouring through your belongings, be sure to look for trails of sawdust. Since carpenter ants destroy wood, they will leave small piles of sawdust.
- You can also hear these pests. When it is silent at night, listen for carpenter ants moving around your home.
- Carpenter ants eventually produce swarmers. These ants have wings so they can fly to new locations to start new colonies. If you see winged ants around your property, you may have a carpenter ant problem.
What Causes Infestations Of Carpenter Ants?
Typically, carpenter ants approach homes because they’re looking for decaying wood. It likely has nothing to do with you. It wasn’t because you didn’t clean your home thoroughly. Once carpenter ants have established a thriving colony in decaying wood, they will try to build new colonies elsewhere. Therefore, they’re likely going to build a satellite colony near your home. Ants can easily enter your home through small holes around door frames, plumbing pipes, window frames, and cables.
How Dangers Are They?
Although these pests are immensely annoying, they’re not dangerous to your health. They don’t bite and you can kill them easily. Instead, you have to worry about these pests damaging your home. Get rid of them quickly. Otherwise, they’re going to cause severe structural damage to your residence.
Eliminating Infestations Of Carpenter Ants
You should work hard to get rid of the carpenter ants around your home quickly. Ultimately, you can try fixing this problem on your own using DIY methods. Just remember that you’ll have to be careful because some of these products are unsafe. Plus, some are ineffective. Instead, we recommend teaming up with our ant removal specialists. We can wipe them out quickly and conveniently.
DIY Treatments For Carpenter Ant Infestations
The treatment for carpenter ants can be complex. Therefore, you need to work precisely to get the job done right. Otherwise, there is a risk that you’ll miss ants or expose yourself to dangerous chemicals. Therefore, it is often best to hire a professional. By hiring a professional, you can guarantee that the problem will be dealt with safely, conveniently, and quickly. We suggest calling our offices so our professionals can handle this for you.
When Can Someone Get Here?
Our ant removal specialists are eager to begin working hard for you. We recommend calling quickly. Once you’ve done that, we’ll make sure you hear from us within 24 to 48 hours.
Only Safe Carpenter Ant Treatments
We want to make sure that our clients are protected to the fullest. To achieve this goal, we’ve required our clients to train extensively. Plus, we only used the best carpenter ant treatments. All treatments used by our technicians are registered with the EPA. You can sleep soundly knowing that everyone in your home is going to be okay. Call our office today to learn more about these services.
Preventing Future Carpenter Ant Invasions
Unfortunately, it is not easy to keep carpenter ants out of your home. Instead, it is best to be ready to call our office so we can help.
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