PestCo LLC - Carpenter Ants Pest Control
Carpenter Ants Pest Control - 860-552-4811 (24/7 Response)
PestCo, LLC is a full service pest control and humane wildlife removal company. We are family owned and operated with over 40 years of experience providing prompt, courteous, professional service.
Carpenter ants hollow out galleries in wood for nesting purposes.
That is where they get their name. They can cause serious damage to buildings when they cut extensively in structural wood. They do not sting but they can bite if disturbed. The most common species of carpenter ants are either black or brownish-red and black. Some species are orange-red in color.
All species mainly attack wood that has been wet and damaged by fungi. After first attacking damaged wood they soon begin to expand their smooth walled galleries into sound wood. The main nest is often outside in a rotten log or stump. They often forage as far as 100 meters from the main nest.
They usually come into buildings through cracks around doors and windows or through exterior holes in plumbing, electrical wires, TV cables, or phone lines. They can even crawl along overhead wire, shrubs or tree limbs that touch the building far above the ground.
The first indication of a carpenter ant problem may be a sighting of several worker ants crawling along a counter top, most likely in the kitchen. You may also see small piles of "saw dust". This debris is called frass. These piles will be directly below a small hole in some part of a wood cabinet, window sill, or trim. The worker ants push this debris out of their nests through the small holes. Another common sign most often seen in spring is a swarm of winged reproductives emerging. They may fly to the lights and many people confuse them with termites.
Carpenter ants can be hard to control.
The first step is to determine where the main nest is. You have to determine if they are foraging from outside or if there is a nest inside the building. A Carpenter ant nest can sometimes be detected by a rustling sound inside a wall or by gently "sounding" the wood to detect hollowed out areas. If they are foraging from the outside they can be excluded by sealing, caulking, or putting down a good chemical barrier.
It is recommended that you close all holes around pipes and wires and cut back any tree limbs or shrubs so they don't touch the building. Contact us today and we will have a knowledgeable pest control professional do a thorough inspection and help to implement and effective plan to control and prevent infestation.
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PestCo, LLC
P.O. Box 842
Madison, CT 06443
Phone: 860-552-4811
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