How to Use carpenter ant in a Sentence

carpenter ant

noun

• With carpenter ants, time is of the essence.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 May 2026
• Set out baits labeled for carpenter ants.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
• Both termites and carpenter ants are social and live in a colony with a queen.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 June 2026
• Treat carpenter ant nests around mid-April when the nests are active.
  — oregonlive, 10 Jan. 2022
• In late winter to early spring, carpenter ants swarm to mate and start new colonies.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
• Start by setting out baits labeled for carpenter ants (but keep them out of reach of kids and pets).
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 June 2026
• Like all ants, carpenter ant colonies start with scout ants that forage your home for the best places to eat or hang out.
  — Brie Dyas, Country Living, 3 July 2022
• Most species are a nuisance, but carpenter ants cause structural damage.
  — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 16 June 2026
• As a result, the team shifted to study the common carpenter ants available in its lab.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 3 July 2024
• Adult carpenter ants have six legs, a narrow waist, and elbowed antennae with a bend.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 June 2026
• There are probably carpenter ants living in your tree and crawling around your kitchen.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 3 July 2019
• They are often confused with carpenter ants, but termites have broader waists and even wings.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
• Inside your home, make the space inhospitable for carpenter ants to survive.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 May 2026
• Typically, in late winter to early spring carpenter ants fly off to mate and start new colonies.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 June 2026
• In the forest, carpenter ants have a job to do, recycling woody debris, such as dead trees and fallen logs.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
• Try these tips to eliminate carpenter ants quickly.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 May 2026
• Like bees, wasps, and other ants, carpenter ants are social and live in a colony with a single queen and thousands of workers.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
• Whether alone or in combination, baits placed on the path between your home and the parent colony can stop carpenter ants in their tracks.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 May 2026
• Learn how to effectively get rid of carpenter ants with our comprehensive guide.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
• Not all ants are bad for the garden—some help with soil health and pest control—but fire ants and carpenter ants can be serious nuisances or hazards.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
• The result will be a multi-trunk tree with weak branches growing from a rotting stump that can attract pests like termites and carpenter ants.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026
• Call pest control experts to ensure the job is done well before carpenter ants cause irreparable damage.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 May 2026
• Having wood or soil piled against siding invites an infestation of carpenter ants or termites.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
• Workers also are white and smaller than carpenter ants, about 1/8 to 3/16 inch long.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
• The termite operator in that area might be looking for wood-destroying beetles or carpenter ants.
  — Pat Kapowich, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2019
• Dead and rotting branches can serve as points of entry and sources of infection for such problems as melanose in citrus and carpenter ants and wood rot in shade trees and shrubs.
  — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 24 May 2018
• For example, carpenter ants require a moist environment to build their colony, while fire ants usually set up mound nests outside.
  — Anna Halkidis, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2023
• The most pervasive of these include pavement ants, Argentine ants, odorous house ants and carpenter ants.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 9 May 2018
• Florida carpenter ants were observed performing surgery on each other.
  — Jennifer Vilcarino, ABC News, 3 July 2024
• To test this idea, Solá Gracia and her colleagues took about 100 carpenter ants and created three colonies.
  — Kate Sheridan, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018