Carpenter Ant Control in Aubrey, TX

Size and behavior. Carpenter ants are noticeably larger, often black, and you may find coarse sawdust rather than soil near where they are working. Ordinary trailing ants around Aubrey head for food; these head for damp timber and are frequently active at night. If you are finding shavings under a window frame, that is the one worth calling about.

Only half of it. Kill the colony and the wet timber is still there, waiting for the next one, which is why carpenter ant work around Aubrey starts with finding the water. Trace the fault, treat the nest, then close the entry point behind it. Skipping the first step is why some households deal with this twice in three years.

Less than termites, and it is still worth acting on. They excavate galleries in softened wood rather than eating it, so the harm is slower and more localised. On an Aubrey build the bigger concern is usually the moisture itself, since whatever is wetting that framing is also doing damage nothing to do with insects. The ants simply told you about it.

Under windows, along any wall where irrigation hits regularly, around a roofline junction and anywhere a deck or porch meets the structure. Those are the spots on a newer Aubrey property where water gets in and then stays. A technician checks the same places and rather more besides, including voids you cannot see into from outside at all.

Locating and treating the nest directly rather than spraying visible ants, then addressing the entry point so the route is closed. Where the nest sits inside a void, treatment goes into the void rather than onto the surface. Surface work alone kills foragers and leaves the colony producing replacements, which is why the visible activity often looks unchanged.

You should see it fall within a week or two of the nest being treated, though a satellite nest elsewhere can keep some movement going. That is worth reporting rather than waiting out, because it usually means there is a second moisture source. Return visits inside the plan are included, and finding the second fault is normally quicker than the first.

Sometimes, and you will be told plainly if so. Where the moisture is coming from a flashing or seal that needs proper repair, sealing it as pest work is a holding measure rather than a fix. What we can do is show you exactly where the water is getting in, which makes that a much shorter conversation with whoever does the repair.