We’ve read that carpenter ants build nests in walls and other wood. How do we know if there are nests? Should we open walls or get a pest-control service? Are DIY powders and sprays effective?

The insects you’re seeing are carpenter bees, which are large bees with shiny black tails, according to the NC State Extension. They have powerful jaws that they use to burrow i ...

but has poured liquid metal into seemingly abandoned carpenter and field ant nests, and they all look distinct. His anthill art is for sale, but the waitlist is very long. Written by James Grebey ...

Enthusiastically social insects, ants typically live in structured nest communities that may be located underground, in ground-level mounds, or in trees. Carpenter ants, which include more than a ...

Both species are small in stature, but hundreds of their queen ants can inhabit a single nest, enabling a colony ... from the body of the Japanese carpenter ant, which inhabit almost all areas ...