Like most insects, carpenter ants will typically go dormant during the winter months. This is due to the insect anatomy requiring heat to thrive, which is in absence during the coldest months of the year. Due to climate change, this is becoming more and more of a rarer situation, specifically in certain areas of Canada…

Carpenter ants have caused large amounts of damage to homes within Canada. An exact figure would be hard to calculate, but conservatives estimate could be in the millions. With this in mind, you may be wondering if you can prevent any such nightmare by investing in homeowner’s insurance that covers damage from carpenter ants. Unfortunately,…

A frequent problem for homeowners throughout Toronto is the similarities that exist between carpenter ants and termites. Both of these insect types destroy wood, but only termites both colonize wood and eat it at the same time. Carpenter ants have no interest in eating wood. A clear indicator to differentiate between the two is the…

Carpenter ant colonies are an incredibly complex system of social interactions, which is really a marvel of evolutionary innovation. Each type of carpenter ant has a specific role to play. The queen is the most important carpenter ant within a colony due to her ability to lay eggs and produce future generations. Her role is…

Unlike termites, which avoid light, carpenter ants are attracted to light and that is why ants in bathroom is a common issue, although they are active mainly at night. Indeed, precisely for this reason, they are probably very attracted to light sources. If the ant invasion has just happened, solving it will be easy. The fact…

In Canada, carpenter ants actually serve a beneficial purpose to the natural environment. Carpenter Ants consistently makes wood into mulch where they can nest in. You need to get rid of them to avoid the consequences which supports the growing process within ecosystems. Unfortunately, this good deed is not always beneficial to human beings. Although…

Carpenter ants like certain types of insulation due to its moist and warm properties which make it an ideal structure to build a nest in and how to get rid of carpenter ants in home. While fibreglass and other types of foam insulations can be harbourage areas for carpenter ants, you just may be in…

Toronto has a climate that is attractive to certain insect species, the carpenter ant being one of them. These ants like to form their colonies in wood, and the wooden structures inside of a home are the most attractive due to the general safety of a human dwelling. In addition to wood for colony harborage,…

Ants are a type of insect that is represented by many different sub species within their overall species. Although ants are somewhat beneficial in natural ecosystems, they can indeed be a pest if the right circumstances are in place to attract them. Since there are many types of ants, it is important to know the…