Carpenter ants are a frustrating infestation but also fascinating creatures. Carpenter ants respond to chemicals called pheromones that have been left by other ants. These pheromones are used for a variety of purpose from notifying other ants that there is danger to leaving a trail so other ants can follow. They can even notify ants of the presence of food. These hormones are produced by the ant and can be ejected onto the ground to produce a lasting scent that can lead other ants to whatever they need.
It is best to contact professional carpenter ant exterminator Guelph in the Greater Toronto Area to declare your home ant-free as soon as possible!
Now ants obviously don’t have noses. They have antenna that can scan the area for the chemical and notify the ants brain of what the chemical means, they don’t inhale so they don’t actually smell anything. It is more like the sensors on a space ship scanning the chemical make up of a substance and translating that information into usable data.
Now if you have a carpenter ant infestation I’m sorry to tell you that you cant use the pheromones they produce to intentionally confuse them. Though wouldn’t that be awesome, watching them run around in circles and crashing into each other. If you have an infestation you will have to deal with it in another way. You can spray boric acid around your home on walls and furniture and you can use cedar oil to suffocate them by injecting it with a syringe into a hole left by their digging. If you need help identifying that you have an infestation without even seeing any ants there are a few ways you can tell. The are often dead winged ants and dismembered wings on the floor by windows and other entrance ways, you may also notice piles of dust on the floor, very tiny piles of something called frass. This is actually wood shavings so fine it looks like dust and a lot of ant poop and bits of dead ants. If you find this stuff you should clean it up with a medical mask and gloves so as to not inhale the dangerous powder.
If the infestation is too large to bear you can always call Ant Control. We know ants like the back of our hand and we can get rid of them like they where nothing. Our technicians will do a baseboard spray of a commercial insecticide that mimics the effects of boric acid but far more dramatically. You can say goodbye to the ants cause they wont be hanging around no more.
