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Carpenter Ants
Camponotus spp. · 1/8–1/2 in workers; swarmers larger
Carpenter AntsGroup Ants
Size 1/8–1/2 in workers; swarmers larger
Where Spring Hill · Columbia · Santa Fe · Franklin
What are Carpenter Ants?
The big ones. Black, or black-and-red. Pinched waist, elbowed antennae. Flying reproductives in April and May have two pairs of uneven wings. People mix them with termite swarmers every spring.
Are they dangerous?
They do not eat wood. They tunnel wet or rotting wood and can weaken fascia, sills, and porch posts. Bite feels like a pinch. Not venomous in a medical sense.
What causes them?
Parent nest is often a stump or wet tree. Satellite nests move into damp framing, leaky windows, and rotten fascia. Food is insects, honeydew, and sweets — not the wood itself.
Signs in the house
Frass that looks like pencil shavings. Rustle in a wall. Big flying ants on windows in April–May.
In Middle Tennessee
Wooded lots and wet fascia across Spring Hill, Columbia, Santa Fe, and Franklin.
What Death Row does
Find the nest, treat galleries, fix the moisture. Kitchen bait alone will not end a carpenter job. Call or text 931-500-6969.
Carpenter ant tank
Best treatment from the truck
Load Alpine WSG in the void + Advion Ant Gel + dust
Per gallon Alpine WSG 10–20 g per gallon into the gallery. CimeXa or Alpine dust in the void. Advion Ant Gel on the trail.
Find the wet wood. Treating the counter and missing the fascia is a callback. TN charter 5908. Licensed applicators only. The label beats this card if they disagree.