If you have an ant infestation, it is advisable to call on a carpenter ant exterminator for an effective and definitive extermination in your home.

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If the control and process of a carpenter ant extermination are beyond your capabilities, the best way that yields effective results is to hire a professional exterminator who has the skills, expertise, and proper equipment for their successful extermination.

How frustrating to come home, for example, and see your whole house full of carpenter ants, here are some ways to get rid of these ants. Carpenter ants! How are you going to tackle this problem? How do you intend to react? Will you get into a fight with the ants? In any case, in response to this last question, don't do it! it may be more than you bargain for. There are many other actions to take to get rid of those carpenter ants .

Carpenter ants, which can multiply at an exponential rate, are found in regions where there are areas of vast forests. carpenter ant nests are built in damp or dead wood. These ants differ from wood-eating termites in that they do not consume wood even though they hollow it out. They usually target damp trees or dead trees that are still standing. They dig the woods of trees to make hollow inside. They are very commonly seen on buildings and other structures made of wood.

Carpenter ants are found both indoors and outdoors. Sensitive to moisture, they are more likely to be found in wooden window frames that they damage. Ants build large tunnel systems that usually lead to a food source. Usually, they go in search of food at night and they even consume small dead insects. In most cases, this search for food leads them into homes where they then proceed to destroy the woodwork and structure.

According to a study in the United States, carpenter ant nest sites are located as follows in order of importance:

If the ants have created a nesting place in the house, it can be found, because they leave behind a substance that looks like sawdust. As soon as you notice the presence of a set of small piles of sawdust in the house (indicator of the presence and entry of ants into the house), it becomes more than legitimate to want to get rid of them.

A lot of caution at this level please. It is clear and logical that you are not going to launch an attack and go destroy carpenter ant nests and pick them up in their nests (we don't recommend that) without the slightest precaution. No doubt they are not generally dangerous by nature if left alone.

However, when they feel a bit threatened, fairly painful injuries can be welcome. Their sometimes very irritating bites can leave you with long-lasting injuries. You have to be very careful and not attack carpenter ants in any way. Never forget to wear your gloves when trying to catch them yourself.

Although it is known to be very aggressive, it does not attack humans unless provoked. Ant bites are painful and can cause bodily harm depending on the sensitivity of the skin of the person being attacked.

As the name suggests, carpenter ants can cause problems with the  frame of your house in particular, and to all surfaces made of wood in general. Whether it's doors, windows, dressers and the like, ants are likely to damage them.

There are thousands of species of carpenter ants and most often the one that causes the most damage is the black carpenter ant. Since they seriously damage wood, they are considered harmful. They can create big problems as soon as they enter a house to breed.

Carpenter ants can be eradicated through several processes, including prevention and actual elimination.

Prevention

It is implemented by performing simple actions, namely:

The presence of wandering ants after a treatment does not mean that there is a risk of re-infestation, particularly if all sexual insects have been destroyed.