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Carpenter ants can be mean little buggers because they like to hide in the rotten wood of your house. They multiply faster than rabbits and before you know it you have a huge colony of carpenter ants in your house. Most people don’t know how to get rid of them so that is why this article will help you with it.

In order to do anything you first have to know the location of the carpenter ants nest. If you can not find it outside your house and you are sure that it is in your house than there are some ways to find this out. A trick you can use is putting some bait on the floor and wait until they arrive. Follow them back to their nest and now you know their location. It can take some time before they show up so patience must be your virtue.

Another way to look for them is by listening to a crunching sound. If it is a rather large infestation than often you can hear them make a crunching sound, with small nests you will probably not hear this.

If you used both ways and were still not able to find the nest than you have to take proper measures. Sometimes the only way to see where they are is by looking under your floor by drilling holes in the floor. This is not your best option but it might be the only way to find our where they are.

If you have found the colony than it might be important to know the size of the colony. You can relate this to the amount of winged ants you notice in front of the nest. If you only see a few like 20 than it is a small nest, but if you see hundreds it might be a large nest.

The best way for carpenter ants extermination is by using pesticides that will erradicate them. You can set up some sweet baits and spray aerosol and see if that is enough. If that won’t work than you can also try a stronger pesticide like Ant Killer.

I hope this Interesting Article helped you in getting rid of the ants.