Carpenter ant damage in wood framing
Steps
- Find the frass: the fine sawdust piles with insect parts in them sit below the entry hole, and that hole marks the gallery — put tape on the wall there so you can find it at night.
+5 more steps in the full guide
Stop and call a pro if
- the soft wood is a joist, beam, sill plate or header, or the probe sinks more than 1 cm (⅜ inch) into framing