We all are familiar with those tiny little hard-working creatures known as ants. Some of us find them fascinating, but others struggle to eliminate their presence from their homes and businesses. Those looking for an ant exterminator in Passaic County, New Jersey will find excellent experienced help available. They can assist you in identifying the particular variety of ant with which you are plagued and can implement appropriate measures for eliminating colonies of different ant-types.
Black Carpenter Ant
The black carpenter ant will love to build its nests in any dead and wet wood forming part of your home. They will not eat the wood as will termites, but will spread out around your house seeking food and making it more their home than yours. Also their nest-building habits may further weaken already weak wooden structures. From their main “primary” next they can spread out to form “satellite” nests where they leave “frass.” Frass is a fancy name for ant feces. This frass trail provides a clue to the finding of the primary nest. If the hollowed-out wood is filled with mud you can bet it is termites. If not, it may be carpenter ants doing the damage. Professional ant exterminators will know what kinds of insecticides to use to put these carpenters’ activities to an end. They can fill in ant-hollows with dry pesticide or drip a liquid form along their foraging trails so as to spread death to the primary colony.