Allergic reactions to carpenter ant bites
Carpenter ants are a frustrating and annoying infestation that can ruin your home forever, the cost of repairs after a major infestation can be horrifying and really screw up your finances. Carpenter ants have extremely powerful jaws and the workers have enormous and razor sharp mandibles that can chew through pressure treated wood. If one of them bites you, you’re gonna know it. Now carpenter ants don’t usually bite but if you happen to put your hand on one or roll over onto some in your bed then they will bite you and believe me, it hurts. They pierce your skin easily and they can spit formic acid into your blood that could cause a severe allergic reaction.
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!
Carpenter ant bites are really bad, they can swell and become bright red and bulbous like a zitt, it comes with a painful itching and burning sensation if the ant sprayed you with its formic acid and don’t forget those allergies! These ants, while not incredibly dangerous to humans, are still a threat to your families safety. You may not mind an ant bite but you baby or toddler will.
So if you think you have carpenter ants you need to act fast and deal with them before the situation spreads. Most colonies don’t begin in your house. They start on your property and then feed your infestation with ants. So taking out the external, primary colony will make your job much easier. And lucky you, finding it should be easy. These ants do not live in anything but wood. They only live in wood. So if you have wood on your property, maybe wood mulch in the garden or an old stump in the back yard. Maybe that leaky shed that leans to one side. If you want to get rid of the primary colony then you will have to haul away all the wood on your property and make sure to dispose of it carefully, don’t let the ants escape so wrap the wood in plastic bags and take it to the dump or to a natural setting and let the ants continue their existence while you return home and deal with them on the interior.
Ants in your home are very hard to find. You may notice them from the dead winged ants under your windows or you may find frass under a hole in the wall. Frass is made of wood dust, fecel matter and ant parts so whatever you do don’t touch it. If you want to try handling it on your own you can spray a solution of boric acid on the walls and baseboards, adding silica dust improves the effect.
