"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 ...

Ants are, more often than not, relatively harmless bugs to have in your yard, but if their nest is tearing up your lawn then it can be a good idea to move them along. But how do you kill ants in a ...

It is normal to come across an ant hill (nest) in your yard from time to time. Ants build the nests from beneath the ground and deposit the excess dirt at the top. As a result, the nests often look ...

Q: Last year and again this year, we have seen carpenter ants in our unfinished basement. An inspection found no termites. Last year we had the exterior painted and caulked, and we replaced rotted ...

nest in moist wood. They do not eat wood, like termites, but burrow in to nest, which still can cause damage. If you spot a few dozen individual ants in one place in your house, you may have a nest.

I have been seeing some large and small black ants in my kitchen over the last few days and have also noticed them crawling up the trunk of one of my old maple trees. There appears to be sawdust at ...

More than 30 cats were rescued from a house fire sparked by carpenter ants on Tuesday morning, the Daytona Beach Fire Department said.The fire department said nine cats were killed and two were rushed ...

Set out baits labeled for carpenter ants. Baits can be effective because ants share food with each other, says Benson. Place ...