Carpenter Ant articles.
Checking the corners other guys cut, since 2021.
Carpenter ants tunnel through wood rather than eating it, which is why the damage stays hidden. These guides cover finding the nest, not the trail.
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Carpenter Ant, in short.
The ants you see are foragers, and killing them changes nothing about the colony. Carpenter ants nest in wood that has already taken water, so the nest is usually somewhere with a history, a leaking gutter line, a fence post that has been in the ground for years, or timber edging sitting in damp soil.
That makes sawdust below a small hole the sign worth acting on, not the ants on the counter. These guides cover where to look and what the moisture problem underneath is telling you.
The comparison with termites is the thing worth getting right. Carpenter ants tunnel to make room to nest rather than eating the wood for food, so the damage is slower and more localised, and the signs are different. Sawdust below a small hole rather than mud tubes. That distinction changes both the urgency and the price, and getting it wrong in either direction costs people money.
Stop reading, start treating.
Everything above is prevention and identification. When it is time for treatment, the carpenter ant control page has the process, the price and this week's availability.
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