A reader in Fairfax Station, Va. A: Carpenter ants can cause serious structural damage to a house, so it’s smart to be concerned. These unusually large ants — often a quarter to half an inch ...

These little black insects are usually a sign that your home is being invaded by carpenter ants. The wood-destroying insects are known for tunneling through wood to make their nests, compromising ...

However, carpenter bees like to make their nests by drilling holes in wood, which can be problematic if their wood source ...

They’re particularly fond of house plants. If you notice ants in ... on the type of ant infesting your home. For example, carpenter ants are usually more difficult to get rid of—they tend ...

Sugar ants are one of the most common types of house ants, but you may also find carpenter ants or fire ants in and around your home. Carpenter ants are large, black ants that tend to build nests ...

Carpenter ants, which include more than a thousand species ... gracilipes), is capable of forming so-called supercolonies that house hundreds or even thousands of queens. On Australia’s ...

The spray has a refreshing scent that kept our house smelling good while driving ... we did find that it was not as effective on carpenter ants. We also found that it was necessary to reapply ...

The scientists also discovered that (Z)-9-tricosene activated broad regions of the ants’ brains that are responsible for discriminating between friend and foe. Ozaki said the Japanese carpenter ...

Besides being a nuisance, ants can transport diseases and cause structural damage to your house. Using chemicals to get rid of ants may be effective but not always safe, especially if you have ...

How should I get rid of ants? Usually you don't need to bother. Where their activity has loosened plants, firm the plants back into the soil and water well. Good watering tends to discourage ants, as ...

This reaches the peak of sophistication in the leafcutter ants, which cut foliage and return it to feed their fungi, which in turn form specialized growths that are harvested for food. But other ...

Help us keep bring these critical stories to light. Your support makes all the difference. Ants started farming 66 million years ago in the aftermath of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs ...