Q. We have these very tiny, yellowish ants in several places in our townhouse. We’ve had a pest control company spraying for them. They’ve been out here several times and they can’t seem to get rid of the ants. I’m getting tired of this. Is there anything else we can do? Should I just get another company?
VIEW MOREIf you find big, black carpenter ants inside your house, it doesn’t necessarily mean that they are slowly destroying the wood in your home. The carpenter ants could be nesting inside your home, or they may be nesting outside and just foraging into your home looking for food. You’ll need the services of a pest control professional to inspect your home and determine the location of the nest.
VIEW MOREWhy shouldn’t you touch a velvet ant? Because, despite its name, it’s not an ant at all, it’s a wasp. That should give you a clue. Like other wasps, it has a stinger and can inflict a painful sting. The velvet ant is sometimes called the “cow killer” because it was thought its sting could kill a cow! The sting can’t kill a cow or a human, and it’s not poisonous, but it sure hurts like heck.
VIEW MOREQ. My contractor was doing some work recently, and found a large number of big black ants, some even had wings. I thought ants were dormant in the winter, and could the winged things be termites?
VIEW MOREQ. I put ant bait out in various places in my kitchen about two weeks ago, but I’m still seeing ants. Why isn’t it working? Do you think the ants could be immune to the bait?
VIEW MOREQ. We were told by another pest control company that we have carpenter ants in some roof joists. My husband doesn’t want to spend the money to have the ants exterminated. He says it’s no big deal, that everyone has ants. How much wood damage can carpenter ants do?
VIEW MOREQ. How do you get new ant colonies? Don’t they all have to have a queen to start?
A. Yes, there has to be a queen but some colonies start with only a mated queen and no workers, and some develop secondary queens and move these with workers to new locations. Most of our pest ants use a combination of these three methods which is why they are so successful as pests:
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