If I was a Carpenter…

It is the beginning of a famous old song, but in this case it signifies the beginning of ant season in Chicagoland.  Carpenter ants are one of the most common household pests in the Midwest.  While they are obviously a nuisance indoors, these ants damage wood by hollowing it out to make nesting space.

Carpenter ants are also the largest pest ants in the United States.  The most common in our area is the black carpenter ant.  To help you identify this pest the typical adult, known as a “worker” ant, is black, wingless and varies from ¼- to ½-inch in length.  To be certain, look for the carpenter ant’s smoothly rounded thorax.

They probably won’t go away forever without professional help.  In the Western Suburbs of Chicagoland and throughout our area that comes with a phone call to Kurt.  He is the owner of Chicagoland’s ant control experts A Complete Pest Solution.  At the first sign of carpenter ants in your home call Kurt at (630) 464-1542.

Carpenter Ants…the Pest of the Midwest.

It isn’t quite over yet.  Carpenter ants are still a factor to be dealt with in Chicagoland homes and businesses.  Locating their nests may require some careful inspection on your part.  Since they are nocturnal creatures you may need to inspect for signs of them with a flashlight in the darkness of night.

Destruction of the parent nest is perhaps the best way to control carpenter ants. If the parent nest can be located, it can then be treated.  Eliminate the Queen and you will eliminate the infestation!  So, it stands to reason that finding the parent nest is the critical step in ridding a structure of carpenter ants.

It’s one thing to THINK that the job has been done successfully…it is another to be CERTAIN of it!  That confidence comes with a call to A Complete Pest Solution.  Kurt and his team are Chicagoland’s carpenter ant control experts.  Don’t waste another day enduring the fall invasion.  Call A Complete Pest Solution at (630) 464-1542.

Looking Around for Carpenter Ants.

If these nasty creatures have invaded your home you won’t have to look hard to find them.  We wanted to let you know early in the spring exactly where to look for them in your Chicago area home.  Carpenter ants can and will damage any type of wood.  A colony of them can grow into “satellite nests”.  Destroy them early!

You won’t find carpenter ants building nests in dry wood, generally.  Their various points of entry into your castle are in the foundation, through electric wires, attic vents, and even telephone lines.  They appreciate your doors, windows, panels, and walls.  That is where they will set up THEIR home in YOUR home.

They don’t derive any nutritional value from wood, they just ruin it by making nests.  It may not seem like a problem now in early April, but it could be an insurmountable one later.  At the first possible sign call Chicagoland carpenter ant exterminator Kurt Spurgeon of A Complete Pest Solution.  Keep the number handy (630) 464-1542.