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Common Name: Carpenter Ants

Scientific Name: Camponotus

Color: from red to black

Legs: 6

Shape: segmented

Oval Size 5/8”

Antennae: Antennae: Yes

Flight: no

Carpenter ants can and will establish a nest inside and outside of any type of structure. You can locate in some cases satellite or parent colonies outside a structure, these will be located in tree stumps, landscape timbers, wood piles or moist damp wood.

Carpenter Ants can leave “frass” behind, providing clues to their Carpenter Ants can leave “frass” behind, providing clues to their nesting location. If this complex nest happens to be a wall void within your home, structural damage can and will result. Moisture and controlling it is important when managing this species.

Carpenter ants do not sting and usually don't bite humans. However, when irritated they can and will inflict a painful bite.

Eliminate sources of moisture, seal cracks around your foundation, and keep wood materials away from your home. Cut back bushes and branches will also eliminate sources of entry to your home.

Areas where water leaks occur should be inspected they will be attractive to ants as well as termites. Treat nests with a gel bait labeled for carpenter ants or use a labeled dust. Treat inside wall voids with a foram or dust. You will want to treat the ant trails followed by workers when they forage with carpenter ant bait

granules.

Use baits for ant colonies that cannot be treated directly. You cannot always find the colony of ants but placing bait or insecti-

cides in their trails will control and eliminate the colony.

1. Carpets – Check around doors and fireplace2. Vegetation - Ants like to nest and forage in trails out of sight behind any vegetation, tree stumps, branches which rests against foundations, patios, etc. Pull back the vegetation to look for ants. Attempt to follow foraging ants back to their colony3. Ground – Potted plants, compost bends, or any item that has 3. Ground – Potted plants, compost bends, or any item that has ground contact could harbor a colony of ants

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