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Some years later I got a call from that guy. He had moved, and wanted
me to do a few small repairs at his new house. He said that the
neighboring homes were also infested by the old house, and the
exterminators were spraying all the houses in that area. He said he
sold the place and moved, after spending a fortune on the place for
repairs and the continued cost of exterminators. He said he moved
entirely because of that ant problem.


Slum neighborhood? Poor maintenance? How long does the average roof
leak before it is discovered? U of Florida has loads of info online and
clearly state that that FLORIDA carpenter ants don't cause significant
damage, but other (black carpenter ants) do! The article also says
that Florida has a new, smaller carpenter ant. Locale matters. Here is
a link:

http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/...enter_ants.htm