While splitting firewood recently, I discovered a colony of black carpenter ants in the wood. A large ash tree had died and was blown down in a wind storm last spring. The tree trunk was about 20 ...

Carpenter ants often get the blame when a tree dies and thousands of the little scurriers are found running in and out the crime scene. The truth is they didn’t do it. The ants were just taking ...

Q: The arborvitae in the photo is on the south corner of my house and was planted about four years ago. In the winter it was wrapped in burlap, and weathered the previous years fine, but this year it ...

Q A large branch broke off our maple tree last fall. There was no wind or any cause that we could tell, except that there were carpenter ants all over it. Would the ants have gotten into the whole ...

Carpenter ants are common in Texas all year around. They naturally live in trees but can also invade homes to build their nests in wooded areas. The nesting of carpenter ants in homes indicates ...

Don't let wood-excavating pests make a mess of your home. Try these tips to eliminate carpenter ants quickly. Like termites, carpenter ants can wreak havoc on your home. However, they don’t actually ...

Backyard Farmer looks at mulches and proper usage of mulch as well as carpenter ants. Backyard Farmer looks at mulches and proper usage of mulch as well as carpenter ants and how to control them. The ...

Native plants are beneficial to the environment, but it's important to choose the right plant for the right location. Carpenter ants can be identified by their elbowed antennae, constricted waists and ...

If your ash trees are dropping their leaves, don’t worry. That’s normal for ash trees at this time of year, says Joyce Cielecki, horticulture educator for UW-Extension in La Crosse. “Almost every year ...