Carpenter ants can destroy nearly any kind of wood. They can make tunnels in your two by fours and your furniture as well as your wooden floors, your deck and your attic. They love to drill through wood of any kind but their favourite wood is damp and rotting. Like the wood on your property. Fire wood, old trees, any wood on your property could be a carpenter ant colonies new home.
Carpenter ants can be highly destructive, to have this taken care of contact carpenter ant removal service Brantford.
Carpenter ants start outside the home in a wet piece of wood. They stay there for a full life cycle until they produce ants with wings, these ants are mature and can mate to make new queens. The males and females do a flying sex dance and then the males die and the females find a new place to nest. This is how colonies can move from outside to inside. The new queen wants a very safe place to start her colony and furniture cracks are a great place to start. She lays her eggs and then seals the entrance and waits for her workers to hatch. When they do you will have a colony of ants chewing through your favourite couch or rocking chair.
The best way to find if you have ants in furniture or in your home is to look for wings and dead ants on the floor in corners often by windows. You can also look for holes in your walls or furniture with little piles of wood shavings that look like powder. This is a major sign of a serious infestation. You can resolve this situation though by calling a professional who has the tools to spray a mist into places of deep harbourage like cracks in walls and furniture. They can help you end your ant infestation.