On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:10:42 -0500, JimT wrote:

On 4/18/2011 8:26 PM, Michael B wrote:
On Apr 18, 8:55 pm, wrote:
We had a bad ant problem in our
last house and it turned out they were eating the framing of the house
where water got in and rotted the framing. We'd kill them all and they
would come back a few months later.

Jim

That would be carpenter ants. Likely with a tree riddled with them
nearby.

Probably a species of carpenter ants. After some research I discovered
ants don't actually eat wood. They burrow in to look for termites. I'm
glad I sold that house. Supposedly the termites had been exterminated.

Carpenter ants live in wood and eat elsewhere. (Most) termites eat wood and
live elsewhere. Carpenter ant infestations are rare in dry wood. Any water
and they'll move in quickly. They need water.