Look at what I found hiding in my basement!

[john]

Little bastarts woke up because the heat is on more now that I am home more often.  Took me a week to find the nest.

[Laura]

That's disgusting!

Laura

[cozy]

GIT 'EM , GIT 'EM!!
My guess is you will use a seven second burst of Raid.

[JamesG]

If those are carpenter ants, bug bomb them, and then carefully take the nest apart with a can of raid handy.
Make sure the tunnels don't extend into any part of the structure of the house. If it does call a pro, because otherwise you'll never get them all...

[dmp221]

These OT non-motorcycle related posts are really beginning to "bug" me.
:lol:

[jake42]

hey john.. funny story.
when i moved into my house i kept finding them all over my kitchen everytime it warmed up.  Finally found a pile of sawdust under the hollow core door leading to the basement.  I took it out in the driveway and knocked it open with a hammer and crowbar and there ;must have been 3000 of them in there.  Screw the Raid... Lighter and WD40 all the way... woo hoo.

Jake

[70 Cam Guy]

Thats freaking scary looking.  I probably would have jumped 5 feet if I found that.  At first glance I thought they were spiders and I am a wuss around spiders.  heeby jeebies man  :lol:

[ashman]

Man those things are fugly. I hope we dont have those things down here in the South.

-ash

[john]

Carpenter ants.  They actually nested in the insulation.  My house is made with southern yellow pine which is rather tough for a carpenter ant.  Plus it' a sub colony of a much larger colony living in the cherry stump next to the house.

No wood damage at all    I sprayed them with ant & termite poison.  Then I heard all these rice krispy noises coming from the insulation I pulled down,  I realized the ants were inside the insulation so I moved it outside and it had thousands in there.  Damndest thing I ever saw.  Usually they nest up in a door or window -not fiberglass insulation.

Anyway not an ant in site today -not a single one The house does smell like pioson but it's wearing off.  Worth it IMHO.

[Seth]

<cough> Don't have those in phoenix! <cough>
<When you gonna move? <cough>

[yamahonkawazuki]

nah, theyve just got little ants roof rats, scorpions and tent city :mrgreen: