Carpenter ants are a very frustrating thing to have, they can harm your home and destroy your furniture. But how do you get rid of them? A carpenter ant infestation normally starts outside of the house in a location with damp and rotting wood. Old sheds, piles of fire wood and tree stumps are their favourite places to infest.
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They create a colony in this rotting wood and then slowly build up their numbers by hunting for food on your property. This is why it is very important to keep your property clean and free of all food particles. Don’t feed pets outside and don’t leave leftovers outside after you eat. Always clean the area and make sure to store your garbage in a locking container in the garage to help prevent ants from getting access to your garbage.
Once the ants have constructed a colony they will begin stretching their legs and travelling to other places to make a colony, this is when they often move into the home on the property. They will infest the wet wood in your house, places with drain leaks and decks that have been rained on. One of the common places they hide is in cracks and wall voids. In fact when they breed after growing wings the female lays her eggs in a void or crack in a wall or piece of furniture. There they actually begin a whole new colony. These new colonies only take a few months to reach maturity and then the process will repeat. If you don’t act soon then you will have a sever infestation that could bring your house crashing to the ground.
The best thing to do is hire professionals like The Exterminators Inc, who have commercial hospital grade insecticide mists that can be sprayed into places of deep harbourage like cracks and voids and eliminate the ants before they can build a colony.