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 ...

1. Eliminate the Nests Carpenter ants are challenging to eliminate because they tend to build a central nest outside—in a wood pile or old tree stump —and several satellite nests indoors.

But once the photograph started doing the rounds online, people couldn’t believe how terrifying a carpenter ant looks up close. recently, a magnified picture of a carpenter ant went viral. Dr.

Worker carpenter ants are generally black and quite a bit larger than other ant species, typically around 3/8 to 1/2 inch in length. They also have a smooth thorax (abdomen area) and heart-shaped ...

Carpenter ants use knots, cracks, holes and old insect tunnels to gain access to these areas. You are seeing the small pieces of wood (sawdust) that the workers take out to build tunnels and drop ...