Pests

Over the last couple of days, I have found 3-4 ants in the house. I don't want ants, especially not these ants. Large. Black. Carpenter ants, from the look of them.

I set out traps. I hope they work. The fact that I'm seeing the ants during this time of year may simply mean that they're out foraging, *not* that I have a secondary nest somewhere in the house. They swarm in the spring when that's the case.

I may need to get a couple of trees trimmed or maybe even removed, and move the leftover winter firewood out of the woodbox to the outside rack. If I still see them after a month or so, I will probably need to call an exterminator, dammit. What worries me a little is that the last time I saw these in the house, it was a sign that there was a rotten place in the roof that needed replacement. But by that time, the roof was already leaking, so I'm hoping it's just a case of a few ants looking for food.

I didn't need this now...

Pests

Over the last couple of days, I have found 3-4 ants in the house. I don't want ants, especially not these ants. Large. Black. Carpenter ants, from the look of them.

I set out traps. I hope they work. The fact that I'm seeing the ants during this time of year may simply mean that they're out foraging, *not* that I have a secondary nest somewhere in the house. They swarm in the spring when that's the case.

I may need to get a couple of trees trimmed or maybe even removed, and move the leftover winter firewood out of the woodbox to the outside rack. If I still see them after a month or so, I will probably need to call an exterminator, dammit. What worries me a little is that the last time I saw these in the house, it was a sign that there was a rotten place in the roof that needed replacement. But by that time, the roof was already leaking, so I'm hoping it's just a case of a few ants looking for food.

I didn't need this now...