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85% of all carpenter ant work I do has nothing to do with wood at
all...just a hollow area for them to nest. In the first pic the shrub

If folks want to pay someone to spray poison on ants, you will probably
oblige them since that is what you do for a living.

has attracted them and they have gained access into the home...the
second pic is where the gained access inside and the third pic is where
they were nesting, a plastic hollow area in some window blinds. The
customer had no idea there were ants in the home. Never saw a forager

What did they eat - pizza delivered?

one, but when this nest would of swarmed they would of seen plenty of
winged ones as you are now.


Ants that don't leave the nest to eat? That's a new one. If I had any
bug in the house, I would attempt to eliminate it's entry point and it's
food. We get small ants once in a while, usually when we leave sweets
on counter or don't wipe it clean often enough. Clean up. Bait. Done.