Carpenter ants encompass several species of the genus Campnotus, a group of wood-destroying organisms (WDOs) whose common ...

Carpenter ants, which include more than a thousand species in the genus Camponotus, nest in wood and can be destructive to buildings. (Much like termites, which cause far more severe damage.) ...

When carpenter ants are in nature, they’re drawn to fallen trees and stumps—any large piece of wood really. The decay that takes over dead or compromised wood outdoors makes it easier to ...

The researchers from Nara Women’s University and other institutions said a whiff of a pheromone found naturally on the body surface of the Japanese carpenter ant, a native species, causes the ...