Carpenter Ants

How to recognize an infestation

• Swarmers: winged carpenter ants that swarm are often mistaken for termites. Remember ants have pairs of wings that are of unequal length and a pinched waist. If you see the winged form of ant in any number indoors, you have a problem.
• Sawdust: if you see sawdust raining from your ceiling or from any indoor cracks, you have a problem.
• Ants Rule 1: if you see more than 10 ants a day in any room other than the kitchen, you have a problem.
• Ants Rule 2: if you see ants in your home and the ground outside is frozen, you have a problem.
• Crunching noise: if you hear munching, rustling or crunching noise coming from within a windowsill, wall or ceiling, you have a problem.
• Galleries: looking at damaged wood you will find their tunnels are clean and the walls of the tunnels almost look as if they were sandpapered smooth, unlike the messy termite tunnels.