The ants are there not to devour the house itself, or devour the wood itself, but rather they’re foraging for food—maybe food that’s around the house if you have vegetation or trash ...

Carpenter ants vary in size from ¼ to 1/2 inch; they do not eat wood like termites, but they will excavate damp wood in your ...

Carpenter ants, which include more than a thousand species in the genus Camponotus, nest in wood and can be destructive ... so-called supercolonies that house hundreds or even thousands of queens.

Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions There are two main species of wood ants - hairy wood ants and red wood ants. Hairy wood ants are a northern species in the UK, but they are found as far ...

However, the spot is already taken. Compounded of leaf litter, pine needles and forest debris, these mounds are multi-storey homes to wood ants. The largest heap may rise 6ft in height and contain ...

It seems that the tiny wood ant is something of an expert on reusable energy. The intelligent design of the nest makes it a perfect place to live. Gabrielle Flinn from the RSPB explained that the ...

In project SpecIAnt we study speciation and hybridization using wood ants as a model system. We focus on the recently diverged Formica rufa group wood ants, many of which occur in Southern Finland ...

There are two main species of wood ants - hairy wood ants and red wood ants. Hairy wood ants are a northern species in the UK, but they are found as far south as mid Wales. They are less fussy ...