tree stumps, and woodpiles," says Crumbley. Carpenter ants are drawn to the basics they need to survive: water and food.

Carpenter ants are challenging to eliminate because they tend to build a central nest outside—in a wood pile or old tree stump—and several satellite nests indoors. If you locate a nest in your ...

John and Judy Nay of St. Joseph witnessed a female pileated woodpecker extract carpenter ants from a dead silver maple, ...

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 ...