Is A Simple Carpenter Ant Treatment The Right Choice?
Is A Simple Carpenter Ant Treatment The Right Choice
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The first thing to establish is whether you have a minor or major infestation and whether it is actually in your home. If you are only finding trails of ants running through the house your infestation is more than likely outside and you should focus your Carpenter ant treatments there. If on the other hand you find Swarmers in your home your problem is likely to be inside. A rough guide would be to check the amount of Swarmers you find in the spring months. Up to 20 would suggest that one of the Carpenter ant treatments you can purchase at your local store would suffice. Anything more than that and you could possibly have serious structural damage being done to your property. Over the counter Carpenter ant treatments come in two basic forms. The first is a simple baiting technique were upon finding an entrance to the nest you simply spray the aerosol down the entrance and then place the bait traps near the entrance to draw the ants out. This is by no means an instant fix and may take a few tries to get completely right as it has been known that ants can survive for months without feeding. It is always best to search for your ants nest at night as this is when they most actively search for food so you might lose more sleep than you realized over your problem. If the colony that you have in your home is of too great a size to use the aerosol alone your second option is a duster that must be inserted into the wall via a drilled hole and sprayed around the cavity behind it. As far as Carpenter ant treatments go it may seem a daunting task to suddenly take a drill to every wall in the house but you can easily narrow down your search to the affected area by taking the time to listen. Stay up late one night when the house is quiet and everyone else has gone to bed. Carpenter ants make a clear crunching sound as they work their way through wood. Simply identify the sound and follow it to the source to find where you should start drilling. Carpenter ant treatments should always be a last resort and steps should be taken to avoid the infestation ever occurring. Replace any rotten or damp wood in your home as it is highly unusual for Carpenter ants to start a colony in healthy wooden structures though they could well expand into them if a colony is already established nearby. Carpenter ant treatments are focused so it is important to establish the position on the colony.