Re: carpenter ants
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  • Subject: Re: carpenter ants
  • From: &* <d*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 12:57:22 -0400
On 7/25/15, at 11:39 AM, Don Martinson 101k@rewrite.hort.net said:

>I'm not an entomologist, but to have an advanced degree in biology, although
>I would defer to anyone with more specific knowledge.  Are the sites when
>the ants seem to be nesting easily accessible to you?  I think if it were
>mine, I would  apply some sort of ant-specific insecticide to the hole and
>then seal the hole with some sort of weatherproof sealant - not the whole
>cut, just the access hole.  That said, there are some who would suggest that
>this might seal any sort of rot or infection inside whatever hole the
>carpenter ants created, so I would be interested to hear other possible
>options.

When we complain about ants, the exterminator tells us to get some ant baits. 
The hope is that some of the ants will take the poison back to the queen, and 
that will kill the nest. We have some ants climbing up the side of our house 
in two columns. I am still trying to train the ants to take the bait back to 
the nest.


 
Tom Miller
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