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November 1st 2011

MA Gutter cleaning | Clogged Gutters = Carpenter Ants & Termites

Gutter Cleaning can prevent Clogged Gutters can back up and cause water damage to your homes walls, that can attract Carpenter Ants & Termites. Advantage Pest Control provides gutter cleaning to Cape Ann, MA & the entire North Shore, MA area. Amesbury, MA; Andover, MA; Beverly, MA; Boxford, MA; Burlington, MA; Danvers, MA; Essex, MA; Georgetown, MA; Gloucester, MA; Groveland, MA; Hamilton, MA; Haverhill, MA; Ipswich, MA; Lawrence, MA; Lynn, MA; Lynnfield, MA; Manchester, MA; Marblehead, MA; Merrimac, MA; Methuen, MA; Middleton, MA; Nahant, MA; Newbury, MA; Newburyport, MA; North Andover, MA; North Reading, MA; Peabody, MA; Reading, MA; Revere, MA; Rockport, MA; Rowley, MA; Salem, MA; Salisbury, MA; Saugus, MA; Stoneham, MA; Swampscott, MA; Topsfield, MA; Wakefield, MA; Wenham, MA; West Newbury, MA; Woburn, MA; Salisbury, MA; Newburyport, MA; Newbury, MA; Rowley, MA; Ipswich, MA; Essex, MA; Rockport, MA; Gloucester, MA; Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA; Beverly, MA; Danvers, MA; Salem, MA; Marblehead, MA; Swampscott, MA; Nahant, MA; Lynn, MA; Lynn, MA; Revere, MA;

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October 30th 2011

Carpenter Ants at Work, big pile of “antdust”

Little different type of video then i normally make. This is a big pile of antdust or sawdust from a old pine tree that we cut down. This is quite a bit of sawdust, when you think that it came from ants haha thanks for watching!

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October 26th 2011

Wasps, Rotting Retaining, Carpenter Ants, Dampwood Termites

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October 14th 2011

Pest Control Forney – The Difference Between Carpenter Ants and Termites

www.williamspest.com Pest Control Forney – Larry Williams, owner of Williams Pest Control, teaches you to tell the difference between Carpenter Ants and Termites. Williams Pest Control has been serving Cedar Creek Lake, Dallas, Forney, Terrell, Tyler, Brownsboro, Chandler and surrounding East Texas areas since 1988! Call them today at 877-512-2844.

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September 21st 2011

Black carpenter ants (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) Canon MVI_7595.MOV

These black carpenter ants (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) rescued pupae after the breaking of a dead branch exposed a section of their nest.

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September 16th 2011

Four Little Ants

If your home has leaks, wet areas, or high indoor humidity, carpenter ants can thrive. If you see carpenter ants in your home soon after the winter snowmelts, you may have a carpenter ant colony. Go to the basement and look at joists under the entrance doors, windows, or porches. Many times these areas have small leaks. You may have to pull back the insulation to look. If you find a small pile of sawdust, look at it carefully. If you see black, shinny specs mixed in with sawdust, carpenter ants are nearby. The main carpenter ant colony, which usually is in a tree or buried tree stump, can have many small satellite colonies of which several can be in your home. If you see flying insects with curved bodies that have two different sized wings, and two curved antenna, you have carpenter ant reproductive trying to find a new moist area in your home to start a new satellite colony. If you see many small translucent wings that are two different sizes in window wells, sills, or floors, in your house may be whispering to you and it is time to call the bug man.

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September 14th 2011

Giant Wild Carpenter Ants.MOV

A wild colony of very large carpenter ants known as Camponotus Vicinus were found nesting underneath a rock in the spring mountains of Nevada. Due to the elevation the temperature was on the cold side causing the ants to move about sluggishly. Note the winged reproductives who have not yet flown on their nupital flight.

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September 14th 2011

What is the adaptive purpose of a Carpenter Ant's natural defense to explode?

When threatened, Carpenter Ants will get as close to thier predator as possible and explode in an attempt to kill the foe. What I want to know is, what is the adaptive purpose of this? How can this make the ant prosper?

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September 12th 2011

How do I get Rid of Carpenter Ants? Serious Answers Plz!!?

I have tried everything from poison to home remedies and even Orkin. I have twin 10 month old babies that play in floor and I don’t want them to get biten. I will try anything.

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September 10th 2011

termites, carpenter ants, or other?

We have recently noticed a hole in our 80-year old wood floor that seems to be accumulating frass around it each night. The frass appears to be comprised mostly of dead insect (small, ant-sized opaque shells, almost like a molt) than sawdust. I have noticed distnct insect parts like heads with visible mandibles in the frass.

I invited an exterminator to come examine the damage and he automatically blamed termites because he "saw mud" in the hole. I, however, argued that what he thought was mud was actually wood putty from a pervious fix by the previous owner and spat on the "mud" and scrubbed it vigorously to prove my point. I also tried to point out to him that the frass was not sawdust, but was actual dead insects, but I guess his eyes weren’t so good.

Anyway, my real question here is now he has us beleiving we have termites even though my gut feeling is leaning toward caprenter ants, and is trying to sell us a 00 treatment (knocked down from 00 with "special discounts") even though there are zero mud lines to be seen, there is frass consistent with carpenter ant activity and we have even found small black ants near the hole… not to mention we live in Denver, where I have been told termites barely even exist.

I’d be interested to hear your thoughts as to what this might be.

Thanks for your time.

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