Having a line of ants marching through your home is never a pleasant sight. But if those ants happen to be Carpenter Ants, the results can be quite costly. Carpenter Ants infest wood that is damp or in high humid areas of your home. They do not eat wood like termites do, but burrow into the wood and build their nests. In Passaic County, Carpenter Ants are common and can end up costing you a lot of money in repairs.
What do Carpenter Ants eat?
Carpenter Ants actually eat plants and smaller insects as well as the honey dew that aphids create. If you see a Carpenter Ant in your home, it may just be searching for food like any other ant. But you do not want the Carpenter Ant to find a reason to stay.
This is when it all comes down to moisture. The wood that Carpenter Ants infest must be wet. If you can control the moisture in your home, you can have a great impact in keeping Carpenter Ants from building their destructive nests in your walls or ceiling.
What do Carpenter Ants look like?
Carpenter Ants look much like any other ant but with a few distinctions. The most noticeable feature of a Carpenter Ant is that it is much larger than most other ants you see. Carpenter Ants can be .5 inches long. In Passaic County as well as the rest of the northeast of the US, Carpenter Ants are mostly commonly black or dark, shiny brown.
Though Carpenter Ants and termites can both be destructive, you can quickly tell them apart by looking at the antennae. Carpenter Ants have an obvious bend or elbow in their antennae while termite antennae are straight.
How do I get rid of Carpenter Ants?
While seeing a Carpenter Ants in your home does not automatically mean you have an infestation, it is important to be vigilant. Any water or moisture in your home should be promptly dealt with to prevent Carpenter Ants from becoming a problem. Even wooden structures outdoors should be kept dry so as not to attract Carpenter Ants from coming near your Passaic County home.
Keeping a routine pest inspection can safeguard your home from developing an infestation of any kind of pest, but can also protect your home from the devastating damage Carpenter Ants can cause.
If you suspect your home is infested with Carpenter Ants, do not hesitate to call an ant control expert. The longer the ants are allowed to burrow in your walls, ceiling, and floor, the more damage they will create.
For the best professional care against Carpenter Ants in Passaic County, give Abarb Pest Services a call. Our technicians are highly experienced and trained to eliminate Carpenter Ants from your home.
