We have carpenter ants. I remember the first year I encountered them. I was sitting outside in a chair by a table on the porch. It was the first warm and sunny day in months. I saw what I first thought was about an inch long fly land, and then seconds later its wings fell off. Oddest thing I ever saw.

Then another landed and did the same thing. Then another, and another, and another, and another, and another. Then I noticed the area was swarming with them and they all landed and then their wings fell off. I’ve never seen locust but first thought that’s what it was. Frightening in a way. I definately wouldn’t want to do a walk or bike ride through a swarm of these things. This was a dozen years ago, and I had to do some searching to find out what they were. Mr G. was a mere child at the time.

I don’t know if these critters create ant hills but there are probably billions of the little monsters in my neighborhood. They help sell a lot of diazinon based stuff at the closest Home Despot, about 40 miles away. Thy are also why I bought some tyvek outfits and full face respirator to apply said diazinon.

I wouldn’t mind pouring molten something in their ant hills, if that is where the grow up. They are definitely an enemy of a wood home.