Carpenter Ants

CARPENTER ANTS COLOR: RANGE IN COLOR FROM RED TO BLACK SIZE: 5/8" SHAPE: OVAL LEGS: 6 WINGS: VARRIES Give them marching orders out of your house in Ormond Beach with Universal Pest Control and ant treatments. ANTENNA: YES UNIVERSAL PEST CONTROL "Best Service Under The Sun" PREVENTION DIET • Eliminate standing water. Pests, such as ants, mosquitoes and termites, are attracted to moisture. Carpenter ants do not eat the wood they remove during their nest-building activities, but deposit it outside entrances to the colony in small piles. Ants like to eat sugary sweets and dead insects. • Keep tree branches and other plants cut back from the house. Sometimes pests use these branches to get into your home. • Make sure that there are no cracks or little openings around the bottom of your house. Sometimes pests use these to get into your home. HABITAT • Make sure that firewood and building materials are not stored next to your home. Pests like to build nests in stacks of wood. Carpenter ants build nests anywhere they can find water and moldy or damp - wood, such as tree stumps, firewood or in the plants around your house. www.bugandtermitecontrol.com