I hear they are pretty hard to get rid of. I thought I'd ask here before I go to the do it yourself store.

Thanks

Danny

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I've had luck with boric acid put in the active areas. either that or Dessicate silicate (think of the stuff you see in new shoes in that little packet or in beef Jerkey) either one I've had luck with keeping ants away. works usually for bees too

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Hide their tiny little tool belts . . .

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Keep the beer under lock and key.

An old cartoon: Man says to woman: 'Yup, you've got carpenter ants. See those tiny beer cans?'

Last summer we moved my mother and one box of papers had for some reason become a nest for carpenter ants. I took it out on the driveway and dumped everything out to sort out what was worth saving. It was a hot day, mid 90s, and the ants did not deal well with the sun and the heat. Killed all of them in short order. Not that this helps the question that much.

Around here, tiny Argentine ants make life tough on the much larger carpenter ant. I saw it one time, they just swarm the suckers.

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Get the boric acid in the big containers. Forget fooling around with the tiny traps or their variations.

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and spread it around the perimeter of your structure. I would also trim any plants or shrubs that touch the house.

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Nail'em to a cross.

threaten to unionize 'em

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I'd seek professional help if I were you. I've never had them, but a neighbor of mine had them set up camp in his poorly ventilated and inaccessible attic area where condensation moisture was accumulating in the summer time. He tried traps and borates and bait and I don't know what all, but the queen just kept cranking out new drones. It cost thousands to finally rip into the attic and kill the nest and repair the moisture damage and properly vent the space.

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Danny -

Are you sure they are carpenter ants? We have a black ant ( forget the name ) that every so often invades us at night and usually disappears by day- but its not a carpenter ant. I don't know how to get rid of them, but they don't do any damage, just a pain from time to time.

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Sounds like he had to do the tear down anyway.
Just as they tent houses for termites the same will kill ants in an attic.

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Okay, smart guy. What if they rise from the dead after that, THEN what?!

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Start a new religion.

Find out what they are eating! I have seen them turn walls to sawdust!

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So, would a war on ants be called an "antebellum"?