Yes, you can. Carpenter ants make audible sounds when they are working. It can be herd like the sound of rustling leaves in the distance. This sound is a quick tell that you have a serious infestation on your hands. 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!
What else can you do to find out if you have carpenter ants? You can try looking around for dead winged ants. These ants are males that mated with female winged ants. The males died after conception and the females shed their wings so there should also be some dismembered wings on the ground as well. Carpenter ant tunnel entrances are also a great way to find out if you have carpenter ants. Inspect the walls and furniture near the floor, keep low, and look for tiny oblong holes. They will usually have some sort of mess leaking out of it, this is called frass and its all the ants poop, dead ant parts and wood shavings the worker ants have been chewing off the walls of the cavern. Do not touch or inhale this material because it can aggravate asthma and cause allergic reactions in some people.
Carpenter ants rarely start their first colony in your home, unless you have some serious leaks that have soaked the wood in your home. They usually start on the property in an old stump, wood mulch or a shed or tree. They build up their colony and when it reaches maturity they produce a number of winged ants. These winged ants are roughly half anf half male to female. They perform an elegant breeding dance in the air and then the males die. The females chew off their wings and then run off to find a nice crack or crevice. She will seal herself in, lay her eggs and when they hatch she will have workers to make her a colony. Just like human queens… right? This allows them to spread at an incredible rate and fill your house with ants marching in line across your walls.
If you cant handle the infestation and feel overwhelmed then don’t panic, there is help. Call Ant Control and experience the awe and majesty of a professional exterminator at work. Our technicians are highly trained in handling all types of pest and wildlife infestations. They can get those ants out so fast it will leave their mandibles spinning. We use a combination of baseboard spray similar to a commercial version of boric acid solution you can use at home along with ant bait. In no time at all you will ant free!
