Carpenter ants are cold blooded insects like pretty much all other insects. They can be find around dead trees and other hidden places during the winter months and search for food in the warmer spring & summer months.
It is during this summer time, as the sun shines through your house windows, you will notice carpenter ants on your hardwood or linoleum floor inside and outside your home. They are red or black ants that vary in length from 6 to 25 mm. They are mostly in search for for carbohydrate-rich foods.
Carpenter ants are omnivorous insects. They can eat a huge variety of plants and animal foods, including fruits, sweets such as syrup and jam, sweets, and even meat. Despite what their name implies, they cannot process wood like termites do.
Typically, when a person sees a carpenter ant inside their home or office, they assume the worst. They fear a thriving ant colony that maybe breeding within the house near damp areas. This is not the case in most instances. Carpenter ants live in hollow tree trunks, landscaping timbers, logs, and soil, and will travel hundreds of metres or more from their colony in search of food.
According to experts there’s a 92% likelihood the ants are only passing through.
The 8% exception is houses with decaying old wood structures due to an ongoing moisture problem. Carpenter ants will burrow and nest inside the moist, decaying wood. Evidence of them nesting in your home may include small holes and trails of sawdust.
If these signs of infestation are visible, structural damage will probably be extreme. You’ll want to contact a certified pest extermination company for advice.
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