Household ants are a major hassle. There little bodies can easily squeeze into some of the tiniest space,s and quickly become an enormous ant colony inside of the home. The number of ants can reach up to 500,000 as they run around on countertops, along floors, inside cabinets and wherever else they choose to be.
Carpenter ants can be a very common and destructive force when they work their way into a home or other structure. Once they take up residence and build a nest inside of a building the results can be devastating. A colony of carpenter ants can wreak havoc by digging or using powerful jaws to bore smooth tunnels through woodwork.
Many of us do not love insects but chances are good that you realize that many insects do a lot of good things for humans. For example, we know that without bees, our food choices would diminish significantly. Spiders, even when they are in our homes, consume smaller insects that would otherwise make our lives miserable. But what about ants? Do ants perform any function that benefits us? The answer is yes, but no one wants ants performing their acts of good inside our houses or work spaces. Ants are incredibly strong for their size and can find their way into just about any location—usually where you do not want them to go, such as cereal boxes, trash cans, even dishwashers. When this happens, call a professional ant exterminator to deal with them for you.
Carpenter ants are one of the largest species of ants that live in Minnesota. They have wings and are often found inside homes in the spring and they can cause damage when they remove wood as they create galleries and tunnels for nesting. They are attracted to wood that is moist. So, if you see ants with wings in or around your home, you may have a carpenter ant problem. The staff at EcoTech of St. Paul specializes in the extermination of carpenter ants
Carpenter ants are one of the most common species of insects and live in huge populations. They are the largest of all ants in the United States ranging from 3.4 to 13 mm long. The most common color is black, but some species have reddish or yellowish coloration. Worker ants in these populations have large mandibles to carry things.
Carpenter ants are great adapters and that is why they are good at surviving both indoors and outdoors. Their preferable habitat is moist, decaying or hollow wood. They cut galleries into the wood gran to form pathways so that the colonies can move freely throughout the nest.
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