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Carpenter ant elimination with insectide sprays,dusts; ant baits for control of carpenter ants. Carpenter ants (wood ants) do not actually eat wood but excavate galleries to use as nesting sites. ... In some areas of the country, carpenter ants (wood ants) cause more damage to structures than termites.
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www.pestproducts.com/carpenterants.htm
www.pestproducts.com/carpenterants.htm
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Besides being objectionable by their presence, carpenter ants damage wood by hollowing it out for nesting. They excavate galleries in wood which have a smooth, sandpapered appearance. Wood which has been damaged by carpenter ants contains no mud-like material, as is the case with termites.
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www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef603.asp
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Powderpost Beetles and Other Wood-infesting Insects (University of Florida) ... Pharaoh Ants -- called sugar ants, grease ants, kitchen ants, and house ants ... Big Roaches -- called wood roaches, water bug roaches, Palmetto bugs...
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www.factsfacts.com/MyHomeRepair/bugs.htm
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The Wood Ants ... Wood ants belong to a group which have lost the wasp-like sting characteristic of more primitive ants. Instead wood ants spray formic acid at their enemies. You can try by taking a stick and put it near the ants. Then lick on it...
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www.storuman.se/luspengymnasiet/projekt/scenicwalk/enge...
www.storuman.se/luspengymnasiet/projekt/scenicwalk/engelska/ants.html
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Formica aquilonia, Formica lugubris, Formica exsecta, Formica sanguinea. ... Wood ants of the genus Formica are widely distributed in Europe and Asia, with both Formica aquilonia and F.lugubris occurring from Scandinavia in the north to Bulgaria and Italy in the south, and from the UK eastwards through France and Germany...
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www.treesforlife.org.uk/tfl.woodants.html
www.treesforlife.org.uk/tfl.woodants.html
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Homeward orientation was studied in wood ants Formica japonica that, while foraging, shuttled back and forth along a 7.9m route between the nest and a feeding site located on a wide terrace platform surrounded by a conspicuous landmark panorama.
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11441048
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all about ... WOOD ANTS; © compiled from Scottish Natural Heritage and Forestry Commission sources. Wood ants are large ants measuring anything from 5–11 mm long. They live together in huge groups called colonies. Wood ants only live in conifer plantations where there is enough light and food. They are also found...
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www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/education/woodants.pdf
www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/education/woodants.pdf
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We have studied the changing use of spatial memories in wood ants by charting how the ants' paths transform when ants are first trained to feed at one site and must then switch to another site.
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jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/abstract/207/14/2401
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Carpenter ants are one of the most common household pests in the Midwest. Besides being a nuisance indoors, these ants damage wood by hollowing it out for nesting space. While carpenter ants do not eat wood, large colonies can be destructive;
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www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/pccarpenterants.htm
www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/pccarpenterants.htm
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