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PestAway Pest Control Blog
About Carpenter Ants Control Melbourne
Carpenter ants are about seven to twelve millimetres long and colour variable. They have distinct single node on their pedicel, smooth and evenly rounded thorax. Another distinctive appearance feature is circle of tiny hairs at end of the abdomen. Carpenter ant swarms show up in the spring in Melbourne.
Carpenter ants most typically nest in decayed or moist wood. They occasionally nest in soil and may travel notable distances for food. They are generally associated with bushy places. Carpenter ants may also nest in hollows of damaged and aged wood but fortunately they do not necessarily cause the damage themselves. In other words, carpenter ants do not eat wood for food like termites but excavate it to make their nests, which in big colonies may include a huge network of galleries and tunnels many times beginning in an area where there is damage from water or wood decay. Carpenter ant infestations may also occur in new houses and structures when land clearing in the surrounding region disturbs existing nests, aggravating them to move into the closing buildings and structures. Also, They often nest indoor and in wall voids, hollow doors, and insulation. They are more visible hunting for food in early spring or during summer in Melbourne. Carpenter ants in Melbourne enter buildings seeking nesting sites or moisture and can form nests containing thousands of ants. Commonly, the nests they build inside buildings and houses are satellites of a larger, parent nest which can be located outside in a live or dead tree, a woodpile, or landscaping materials.
Carpenter ants quite often form trails that can be traced to the area of their nest. Most of the time trails can be traced along carpet edges, door frames, outside eaves, fence tops, or phone and power lines. Carpenter ants forage most commonly at night and eat dead and live insects, honeydew from sap suckers, plant secretions, fruit juices and insect remains, and a variety of household wastes. They prefer sweets and eat aphid and other sweet sugary insects. They are easily attracted to sweet substances, fats, grease and meats.
Before doing a carpenter ant control and using chemicals to control ant infestations, a pest control technician inspects the property for potential nesting sites both inside and outside the building. Pest control technician will observe ant activity and follow trails usually after sunset when carpenter ants are most active. A common method to attract these ants is to set out non-toxic baits such as sugar milk or diced crickets or meal-worms. The ant control technician then can follow the worker ants back to their nest and locate ant colonies. Apart from that, all moisture conditions that the ants found conducive must be corrected. If carpenter ant problem treated immediately and effectively, they are rarely responsible for severe structural damage to houses and buildings. But unfortunately these ants could cause intensive damage if they continue undiscovered for a while. Thus, it is best to contact a pest control company in the event of an infestation. PestAway Australia provides professional ant control and treatment in Melbourne (all suburbs) and Victoria.
Posted by PestAway Australia on 21st January, 2013 | Comments
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