If you see a few big black ants crawling across your kitchen floors or counters, it’s time to act. Mature colonies can contain 3,000 or more carpenter ants, many of whom remain hidden in the nest.

In Arkansas, there are a few different types of nuisance ants, but by far the most common is Tapinoma sessile, the house ant that has a rotten-coconut smell when crushed. John Hopkins, an entomologist ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Noticing a few ants in your home is annoying, but livable. It’s when they happen to be carpenter ants ...

If you find carpenter ants inside during periods of warm weather in spring and early summer, that does not necessarily mean that there is a nest in your home. Try to determine whether the ants are ...

Are large winged wasp-like insects invading your home? Based on questions coming into the extension office, carpenter ants are swarming. Many people mistake winged carpenter ants for termites, but ...

Living in the mountains presents its own unique set of hazards. One of those hazards is carpenter ants. In the Spring when they emerge from their nests; usually dead tree stumps or rotting wood which ...

Chemical modifications to DNA determine what carpenter ants do for a living. Florida carpenter ant (Camponotus floridanus) workers have two main career paths. Around one-third of workers are big, ...

In the forest, carpenter ants have a job to do, recycling woody debris, such as dead trees and fallen logs. But these large ants become nuisances when they forage or nest inside our homes. “Carpenter ...