July 31st 2010

I came home today to find a dozen carpenter ants and hundreds of larvae underneath everything in my apartment.?

Only saw a few ants, but I’ve killed hundreds of larvae. They don’t seem to be near food, just underneath stuff, especially paper. They seem to appear out of nowhere as well. I don’t know if it is fly larvae and the ants were eating it or if it is the carpenter ant larvae. If it’s the carpenter ant larvae, why are they on my floor? why not in their nest? Help please. Thanks.

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July 5th 2010

Black Field Ants in a Lawn

Field ants are large ants (3/8 inch), often mistaken for Carpenter Ants. Field ants are robust and can be brown, tan, reddish, or red and black in color. Field ants are rarely found indoors, they nest in the soil. In open fields, they may make mounds. In lawns, the nests have a low profile, rarely reaching above the top of the grass. Field ants displace a lot of displaced soil. **The ant nest in this clip covers an area of about 2 ft in a lawn and there are lots of things going on. Ants carrying plant materials, birds in the background (you can easily hear the chiminey swifts) and a small spiderling makes its debut at about 0:03:37.30 **For more information on field ants and their management, visit lancaster.unl.edu

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May 26th 2010

What is the date that carpenter ants mate at?

For an ex( like 4/10/09 stuff like that and show me a pic of a carpenter ant queen and male
a pic of what a carpenter ant queen and male looks like u turkey

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May 15th 2010

How bad is a carpenter ants sting?

I think i was stung by a carpenter ant. on my arm yesterday May 14, there is an area a little bigger than a half dollar. It’s red and fevery it hearts like no other any thing i can do.

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May 1st 2010

Carpenter Ant’s Sneak Attack

An Eden team member in Portland, stumbled upon this bizarre occurrence during a routine apartment inspection. After discovering a nest of Aphaenogaster ants (aka Funnel Ants) he then noticed what appeared to be a Carpenter Ant eating their larvae and stealing their nesting materials. Soon the Aphaenogaster ants began attacking the Carpenter Ant. Scott then found a Carpenter Ant nest about 60ft away under a rock. The Carpenter Ant in the video is a swarmer, meaning that he is on the prowl for new grounds to mate and create a satellite nest. In the video it looks as if he’s collecting resources to start that new satellite colony. This video was taken from a cell phone, so please pardon the shakiness

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April 23rd 2010

How do I get rid of carpenter ants?

I have a carpenter ant nest in my house. I know that it’s in my house and what wall it is behind.

Everything I’ve read says lay out poison or insert poison into the walls. I have an extremely curious cat, who will certainly get into any poison. How do I kill the ants without killing him too?

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April 1st 2010

How to get rid of carpenter ants in my car?

I parked under a tree for about 2 days and now it seems like somewhere in my car is infested with Carpenter Ants. They seem to be coming out of the front of the dashboard where the air conditioning holes are. How can i get rid of them?

I looked for ant killers at the local store but all the ones I can use in the car don’t kill carpenter ants…

Thanks in advance
they look like this: http://citybugs.tamu.edu/FastSheets/images/carpenter_ant.gif

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February 8th 2009

Carpenter Ants and What They Do

Carpenter Ants are one of the most destructive pests in the U.S and like Termites destroy wood. Carpenter ants are black and red in colour and have a curved "thoracic dorsum" that is located at the rear of the insect. These ants are often found crawling along in lines around trees, fences and firewood.

Carpenter ants damage houses by establishing nests in the timber which leads to structural damage. They cause this by burrowing out tunnels in the wood expand their nest. A Carpenter Ant Infestation in a home is usually a satellite colony, with the main colony located within a hundred yards, usually in a stump or other decayed wood.

There are several ways to prevent Carpenter ants entering your home. They involve the following:

*Store firewood correctly as this is a favorite nesting place for Carpenter ants. To store wood correctly always keep wood off the ground and protect it from rain. As damp firewood piled up on the ground is an ideal nesting location. Old Stumps are common locations for nests.

*Always make sure that plants are not in contact with the house. As trees and plants provide paths for Carpenter ants as well as foraging sites.

* Like we mentioned earlier never allow wood to be in contact with soil. Wood should be stored on concrete. The only time that wood can be in direct contact with the ground is when it is pressure treated timber.

* Ventilation is necessary in attics to keep the moisture level of the room low as biogrowth (mold, mildew or fungus) thrive in rooms with lots of moisture and creates conditions that encourage Carpenter ant infestations.

*Always check for holes in the exterior of the house, especially doors, windows, foundation cracks, siding doors and pipes.

In conclusion, Carpenter ants are a huge wood destroying pest in the U.S. However, there are ways to prevent them from entering your house. Such as: storing firewood and timber on concrete, keeping plants and trees away from your house, ventilating rooms and checking doors, windows and holes in the wall.

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January 21st 2009

Basic Pest And Ant Control

Information About Basic pest control

There masses of vermin in this world, and at some heart each will find themselves battling an insect. Pest could invade our plot, our home, buildings; the register goes on and on. Pests can be bugs, plants or animals. Just the remark of vermin, cockroaches, dandelions, type, mice and rats can educe solid emotions. Pests current a strength hazard to your family, pets, and patch.

It is important to know how suitably to rule these rats that invade our lives. It is nearly impossible to eliminate mice, but it is imperative to check these insidious pests. There are numerous methods of controlling pests; these can occupy substance limit, biological dominate, mechanical methods, or a combination thereof.

Mechanical nuisance monitored is regularly the most rate effective and if implemented before an infinite infestation takes place can produce desired results. Mechanical methods involve hand option (such as pulling weeds) and traps (such as a mouse snare). Mechanical methods of vermin contain are mostly the most environmentally welcoming.

Biological mosquito running includes insecticides that are derived from plants or other genuinely happening substances such as microorganisms.

Chemical annoyance contained includes the use of more toxic unreal pesticides. Chemical mosquito powered is not environmentally gracious and is never considered as an organic system of direction.

"Integrated Pest Management is the coordinated use of insect and environmental information along with open vermin direction methods, counting cultural, biological, genetic and substance methods, to inhibit unacceptable levels of nuisance spoil by the most economical means, and with the least workable hazard to people, assets, and the environment." Integrated Pest Management stresses the use of complementary methods of mosquito restrict such as the introduction of organic predators. This method of insect manage is much more ecologically sound than relying on chemical methods.

The first action in mosquito command is to find the glitch. Particularly when plants are intricate, the difficult may involve indigent growing conditions instead of an attack from an invasive pest. Sometimes identifying the pest is clear, if you see a mouse scurrying across the baffle it is evident you have neediness for pest control. The next walk is to recognize how severe the infestation is, or is this just one mouse that has found its way into your home, or is there a family of mice that has full up habitation in your home. One mouse can regularly clearly be eradicated using a mouse confine or possibly the family cat. However, if you have a large infestation of mice, you may need to route to stronger chemical methods or find it essential to hire a professional exterminaton to rid your home of the pest drawback.

By: Jeanie Smith

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Learn about how to get rid of Carpenter Ants and argentine ants at the Facts About Ants site.

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