Carpenter ants are twice as big as other types of black ants, which makes identification easy. If you have a carpenter ant ...

Q A large branch broke off our maple tree last fall. There was no wind or any cause that we could tell, except that there were carpenter ants all over it. Would the ants have gotten into the whole ...

I have been seeing some large and small black ants in my kitchen over the last few days and have also noticed them crawling up the trunk of one of my old maple trees. There appears to be sawdust at ...

In the forest, carpenter ants have a job to do, recycling woody debris, such as dead trees and fallen logs. But these large ants become nuisances when they forage or nest inside our homes. “Carpenter ...

I was out in the woods enjoying these, potentially, last days of winter and noticed one of our beautiful giant trees getting ripped apart by a pileated woodpecker. The woodpeckers have been going at ...

While many people view them as pests, they actually play an important role in the natural breakdown of decaying wood. Understanding a bit more about these insects can help you determine whether their ...

Q: The arborvitae in the photo is on the south corner of my house and was planted about four years ago. In the winter it was wrapped in burlap, and weathered the previous years fine, but this year it ...

These are carpenter ants, which are generally not harmful to trees. They may even help reduce rot by cleaning out the soft/moist decaying wood. Q. I was asked to cut off a couple of dead branches from ...

The gardening season is well underway. If you’ve got questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension faculty and ...