The workers range in size from ¼-inch long to 5/8-inch long. In late winter to early spring, carpenter ants swarm to mate and start new colonies. These reproductives will have two sets of wings ...

When carpenter ants are in nature, they’re drawn to fallen trees and stumps—any large piece of wood really. The decay that takes over dead or compromised wood outdoors makes it easier to ...

Kills Carpenter Ants, Argentine, Pharaoh, Pavement, Honey, Acrobat, Odorous House, Thief, Big-headed, Cornfield, and Field Ants Fast acting - Colony elimination in as little as 3-5 days Thick gel ...

European researchers in the I-SWARM project are hard at work developing small, autonomous robots that can work together and communicate to perform different functions. They successfully built two ...

The most obvious sign of termite activity is a visible swarm, which occurs when termites are mating. Wood-destroying carpenter ants also swarm in the spring and can be confused with termites.

So what causes this simultaneous taking to the air, and is there really such a thing as flying ant day? Find out when and why ants grow wings and swarm. Flying ants are known as alates. In the UK, ...

By investigating the evolution of genes associated with castes, sexes and developmental stages of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta, researchers at Georgia Tech and the University of Lausanne ...

Enthusiastically social insects, ants typically live in structured nest communities that may be located underground, in ground-level mounds, or in trees. Carpenter ants, which include more than a ...

Nick has seven years of experience in the home improvement industry. He started his career marketing for dozens of flooring providers and related home services across North America. Today, he is a ...

The Holy Family sculpture on the Brighton Campus, which was carved from the massive trunk of an oak tree, is currently being treated for a carpenter ant infestation. Despite regular treatments to ...