{"id":3485,"date":"2016-07-04T03:03:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T08:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/blog\/?p=3485"},"modified":"2016-06-24T10:14:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T15:14:00","slug":"the-carpenter-ant-queen-goes-on-a-walkabout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/04\/the-carpenter-ant-queen-goes-on-a-walkabout\/","title":{"rendered":"The Carpenter Ant Queen Goes on a &#8220;Walkabout&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2887\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2887\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2887 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Depositphotos_3721076_xs-carpenter-ants-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"Stay Vigilant for Ant Swarms and a Wingless Queen\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Depositphotos_3721076_xs-carpenter-ants-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Depositphotos_3721076_xs-carpenter-ants-350x259.jpg 350w, https:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Depositphotos_3721076_xs-carpenter-ants.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stay Vigilant for Ant Swarms and a Wingless Queen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Winged swarms of males and females are common in many ant species and especially troublesome if they&#8217;re carpenter ants. While some ants live outside your home, carpenter ants seek out moist wooden areas inside for their nests. Knowing what a carpenter ant looks like once she&#8217;s shed her wings means you can call <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/ants\/index.php#carpenter\" target=\"_blank\">Monmouth County Carpenter Ant Control<\/a> experts to eliminate the threat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The &#8220;walkabout&#8221; queen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A winged swarm of ants is full of the reproductive males and females from a nest and once a queen finds a spot to start a nest, she lands and breaks off her wings. This &#8220;walkabout&#8221; queen then starts building the nest, lays eggs and cares for the immature ants until they become adults and can care for her. Once a nest is established, the queen remains there for life so when you see a wingless queen, you need to act quickly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recognizing carpenter ants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As one of the larger ant species, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/06\/termites-versus-ants-do-you-know-the-difference\/\" target=\"_blank\">carpenter ants<\/a> are usually about 1\/2 inch long and have a one-segmented node between their thorax and abdomen. Seeing several winged ants in your home means there is a nest inside and you need to call Monmouth County Carpenter Ant Control to eliminate the pests. Untreated, carpenter ants can cause damage as they nest in water-damaged wood.<\/p>\n<p>Remove the potential threat of a wingless carpenter ant queen with Monmouth County Carpenter Ant Control by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\" target=\"_blank\">Allison Pest Control<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winged swarms of males and females are common in many ant species and especially troublesome if they&#8217;re carpenter ants. While some ants live outside your home, carpenter ants seek out moist wooden areas inside for their nests. Knowing what a carpenter ant looks like once she&#8217;s shed her wings means you can call Monmouth County [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,19,13,5,15,16],"tags":[146,217,222,225],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Carpenter Ant Queen Goes on a &quot;Walkabout&quot; - Allison Pest Control<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/04\/the-carpenter-ant-queen-goes-on-a-walkabout\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Carpenter Ant Queen Goes on a &quot;Walkabout&quot; - Allison Pest Control\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Winged swarms of males and females are common in many ant species and especially troublesome if they&#8217;re carpenter ants. 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