Termites and Carpenter Ants – What's the difference?
Many times people mistake carpenter ants and termites since the damage they do to a home is fairly similar, but there are some differences to keep in mind.
Apperance Differences
Carpenter ants tend to be about a half inch to one inch long. They are black in color. It’s hard to distinguish a carpenter ant from another type of ant but easy to see the difference from a termite.
Termites on the other hand are smaller than carpenter ants and tend to be white in color.
Damage Differences
Most of the time both are seen as the same problem: bugs in the walls messing up the wood. To an extent this is true, but there are some differences.
Termites tend to eat through the wood while their nests spreads outwards. They get other material like mud and build their nest in the walls.
Carpenter ants tend to burrow their way through the wood. They make smooth passages for their colony and lay eggs in these passages. If the wood damage looks nice, smooth, and circular it’s most likely carpenter ant and not termites.
Look for these differences because knowing which pest problem to fight will help you get rid of the pests much quicker.
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