Ant control in Iowa Field Ants

February 14, 2010 by Aaron Steen · Leave a Comment 

Ants and Ant control in Iowa Field Ants

Red, brown, black or combinations of colors. 3 to 7mm long. Sweets and meats are preferred food. Field ants will be found outdoors along fences and sidewalks. Only occasionally invade homes. Control of field ants is not usually necessary

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Carpenter ant infestations

February 7, 2010 by Aaron Steen · Leave a Comment 

Indoors, nests can be found inside wall voids, in hollow doors, fireplaces, or under porches and in window sills. Tell tale signs of nests are piles of sawdust or insulation. Often times it will appear that someone has bee sawing on a piece of wood. This is due to the carpenter ants excavating the wood to make a hollow area for nests. Some areas may have a “satellite nest” which is a smaller amount of ants that have branched out from the main nest. Even if the satellite nests are eliminated people may still encounter carpenter ant problems until the main nest is located and eliminated.

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Carpenter ants and Carpenter ant control

February 6, 2010 by Aaron Steen · Leave a Comment 

Carpenter Ant Control

Above is frass or wood debris from carpenter ant damage

Carpenter ants in Iowa are the ants that cause the most damage. Carpenter ants are large and black, sometimes reaching sizes of an inch or more. Baby carpenter ants can have a reddish color but still produce damage to wood. Carpenter ants will establish nests in areas such as: hollow logs, telephone poles, fence posts, or firewood piles. Some homeowners unknowingly bring them into the home on firewood. Carpenter ants usually move into structures to feed and will go back outside to the nest.

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