There are several natural ways to remove carpenter ants without harsh pesticides, including nest removal and borax treatments ...

Experts Weigh In Carpenter ants are fairly large, as far as ants go. They’re usually visibly larger than common black garden ...

Changlu Wang, Extension Specialist in Entomology George Hamilton, Extension Specialist in Pest Management, Rutgers University The most common species is the black carpenter ant. It is among the ...

Feeding the colony is an act of collaboration. A special segment of worker ants does the foraging work. Together, they forage as a group and decide what food to bring back to the colony. Black ...

Ants are fascinating creatures that have a strict hierarchy within their colonies, with worker ants doing all the work. Found almost everywhere in the world, with more than 12,000 species to date, ...

Most carpenter ants that enter the home are black and can vary in length from 1/4 to 3/4 inch. Unlike termites, all carpenter ants have narrow (or constricted) waists and elbowed (bent) antennae.

Have carpenter ants taken up residence in your home? If so, it is important to act fast and learn how to get rid of them properly. While these insects may be small and harmless to humans, they can ...

Ants range in size from the miniscule up to one inch long, and usually appear black, brown ... or in trees. Carpenter ants, which include more than a thousand species in the genus Camponotus ...

If you guessed humans, you are not wrong, but these are also traits that we share with carpenter ants – both our foe and friend. “These ants are a neat species to watch because they’re so large that ...

While the Orkin website says that carpenter ants can come in a variety of sizes and colors, they're typically between 3.4 to 13 millimeters in length and usually appear to have two different color ...

Homeowners are frequently startled to find that they are sharing their home with a "family" of large ants known as carpenter ants. These, the largest of our Maine ants, come in two varieties; the ...

Carpenter ants are very common in Minnesota. They can potentially damage homes and other wooden structures. The best method for controlling carpenter ants is to deliver insecticide into their nest.