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2. How To Get Rid Of Ants In Your House Once And For All - AOL

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   · Carpenter ants vary in size from ¼ to 1/2 inch; they do not eat wood like termites, ... “Maybe you’ll kill a hundred, but that’s the tip of the iceberg,” says Benson. “There’s a ...

3. Carpenter ant - Wikipedia

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   Carpenter ants (Camponotus spp.) are large ants (workers 7 to 13 mm or 1 ⁄ 4 to 1 ⁄ 2 in) indigenous to many forested parts of the world. [ 4 ] They build nests inside wood, consisting of galleries chewed out with their mandibles or jaws, preferably in dead, damp wood.

4. Here’s How to Get Rid of Carpenter Ants for Good ... - AOL

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   Carpenter ants are often black, but some types have a reddish or yellowish shades to them. In carpenter ants, the thorax is evenly rounded—there’s no indentation, unlike with other ants. Here ...

5. These Homeowners Didn't Know They Had an Ant Problem ... - AOL

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   Agina Graham-Tye, owner of Graham's Lawn & Pest, explains that carpenter ants can gain access into a home by using a single branch as a bridge or climbing up those beautiful yet damaging vines ...

6. Ophiocordyceps unilateralis - Wikipedia

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   The ants clean each other's exoskeletons to decrease the presence of spores attached. [11] Also, ants can sense that a member of the colony is infected; healthy ants carry the O. unilateralis-infected individual far away from the colony to avoid exposure to spores. There are also reports that most worker ants remain inside the nest boundaries ...

7. Camponotus modoc - Wikipedia

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   Carpenter ants will damage homes by nesting in them. They will dig out tunnels in wood to expand their living spaces which can lead to structural damage. The infestation in the home usually is a satellite colony, with the main one within a hundred yards or more in a stump or other decayed wood.