Flying Ants Under Siding

Apply insecticide around the perimeter of the home and under the siding to help keep ants from crawling in.

Flying ants under siding.

These winged ants can be confused with termites because termites also swarm at this time of the year. Use baits to kill ants that have gotten into the home. However ants in and around your home could be a sign of a nest close by. The holes are often located between bricks where mortar has fallen out under lap siding or in cracks in stucco.

How to get rid of ants begin with looking for holes in the siding where ants are crawling in and out. Ants under siding alexander lane posted in general questions on april 17 2019 03 04pm i am removing the cedar clapboard siding on my 1940 cape and a half western massachusetts and finding ants crawling around the diagonal board sheathing. The ants will also nest inside houses setting up their colonies. Following all label directions place the bait where ants have been seen to travel.

If you have a serious carpenter ant problem you may find wood shavings underneath your siding. Unlike termites carpenter ants do not actually eat wood. Siding is purposely put up loose for expansion and contraction and so your duster tip or injection straw usually fit nicely. Ant baits can be purchased at most home and garden stores.

But ants can be distinguished from termites by several characteristics. And beneath spaces under the siding. One of their most common entry points is beneath sliding doors.