Carpenter ant Dangers Carpenter ants are a serious danger to your home. They are like termites in that they build their nests in wood. While they do not eat the wood that does not stop them from causing severe and expensive destruction to your home. Given long enough a carpenter ant infestation can bring your …
Carpenter ants Carpenter ants are a serious and damaging infestation. The fact that they can bite is only an insult to injury as the real destruction is done to your home. Like termites, they burrow into wood to make their nests. Unlike termites they do not eat the wood, they only live in it. This …
The Carpenter Ants are one of the most seen household pests in Canada. They are known as a nuisance inside many houses as these carpenter ants are capable of destroying wood by carving out a nesting place. Carpenter ants are thought to eat wood but this is far from reality. These large colonies can be …
Having carpenter ants on your wall is a big problem to deal with. It can cause structural damage to your home and to your wall costing homeowners thousands of dollars in repairs and replacements. To first solve this problem, you have to identify the source where the ants are entering. One of the areas that …
Carpenter ants in most cases black in colour but can vary to a more reddish-maroon or a combination of these colours altogether. Some of the worker ants have wings and lead people into believing that they are dealing with termites. Winged carpenter ants have two pairs of wings. The rear ones are smaller than the …
Pavement ants are a common sight in all residential neighbourhoods. They are the ants that will swarm a dropped lollipop or blob of ice cream and will look like there are literally millions of them because there are. They make nests with massive numbers and often live under concrete for protection. They are a natural …
Ants Ants are a broad species that vary in appearance and ability more than any other animal or insect. There are so many species of ant that it could fill a library. There are still many that have not been discovered but most of them are not interested in your house or property. There is …
No pavement ants are not known to cause structural damage compared to their more aggressive counterpart, the carpenter ant. The reason why pavement ants do not cause structural damage is that these ants mainly inhabit slabs of concrete, logs, or any other type of base where they can be covered. If you have pavement ants, …
Did you know ants outnumber humans 140,000:1? However, that shouldn’t be a ticket to get into your home. Spring and summer time welcome change for just about anyone. The weather starts getting a little warmer, the environment gets greener, and we can enjoy outdoor activities more often. A downside to this wonderful time of the …
Normally, ants will forage for food during the warmer, and later slow down and disappear completely during the cold months. Ants behave like this because they are cold-blooded creatures. An ant’s body temperature is like that of air, liquid and the soil around it. If the weather in the ant’s location gets too cold, the …