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What is doing this #7846098 04/15/23 09:28 PM 04/15/23 09:28 PM
Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 646 Southern Indiana H Hoosier71 OP trapper
Hoosier71 OP trapper H Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 646 Southern Indiana	Keep getting a pile of sawdust under a window sill. Second floor. House has been treated for termites. Any ideas?

Re: What is doing this [Re: Hoosier71] #7846099 04/15/23 09:30 PM 04/15/23 09:30 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,223 Midlands South Carolina S SGT. C trapper
SGT. C trapper S Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,223 Midlands South Carolina	Carpenter bee Getting old is a fatal mistake Always looking for reloading componets I know a beaver or two, because I've seen a beaver or two

Re: What is doing this [Re: Hoosier71] #7846100 04/15/23 09:31 PM 04/15/23 09:31 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,223 Midlands South Carolina S SGT. C trapper
SGT. C trapper S Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,223 Midlands South Carolina	Run your finger under the sill. You will find a hole nearly the size of dime. Sarge Getting old is a fatal mistake Always looking for reloading componets I know a beaver or two, because I've seen a beaver or two

Re: What is doing this [Re: Hoosier71] #7846102 04/15/23 09:37 PM 04/15/23 09:37 PM
Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 646 Southern Indiana H Hoosier71 OP trapper
Hoosier71 OP trapper H Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 646 Southern Indiana	There's no hole. I just went up there since I posted and pulled the bottom piece of trim off and there's nothing to see. Could it be carpenter ants?

Re: What is doing this [Re: Hoosier71] #7846105 04/15/23 09:44 PM 04/15/23 09:44 PM
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 1,323 Custer SD A arcticotter trapper
arcticotter trapper A Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 1,323 Custer SD	Might be carpenter ants as you stated.

Re: What is doing this [Re: Hoosier71] #7846113 04/15/23 09:57 PM 04/15/23 09:57 PM
Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 246 PA S Snyde901 trapper
Snyde901 trapper S Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 246 PA	Carpenter ants were doing that in my shed, plastic off the area & fire a bug bomb in there.

Re: What is doing this [Re: Hoosier71] #7846123 04/15/23 10:21 PM 04/15/23 10:21 PM
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 345 Pennsylvania C coalbank trapper
coalbank trapper C Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 345 Pennsylvania	A sticky trap will tell the tale.

Re: What is doing this [Re: Hoosier71] #7846127 04/15/23 10:26 PM 04/15/23 10:26 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 21,089 North East Kansas Marty trapper
Marty trapper Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 21,089 North East Kansas	^this is worth doing. E 'Honey Badger Militia' Sleep, the anti woke adote.

Re: What is doing this [Re: Hoosier71] #7846132 04/15/23 10:34 PM 04/15/23 10:34 PM
Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 646 Southern Indiana H Hoosier71 OP trapper
Hoosier71 OP trapper H Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 646 Southern Indiana	Yes. I didn't think of a sticky trap.

Re: What is doing this [Re: Hoosier71] #7846193 04/16/23 05:53 AM 04/16/23 05:53 AM
Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 7,377 W NY Turtledale trapper
Turtledale trapper Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 7,377 W NY	Sure looks like termites to me NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers

Re: What is doing this [Re: Hoosier71] #7846203 04/16/23 06:21 AM 04/16/23 06:21 AM
Joined: May 2015 Posts: 686 N.Y. Mid Hudson Valley T Tommyran trapper
Tommyran trapper T Joined: May 2015 Posts: 686 N.Y. Mid Hudson Valley	Possibly carpenter ants. I use Bayer Maxforce ant bait killer for ants. Works great. It did what a $1,035 "pest control" company couldn't and for less than $50.

Re: What is doing this [Re: Hoosier71] #7846209 04/16/23 06:29 AM 04/16/23 06:29 AM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,907 eastern WV R Ridge Runner1960 trapper
Ridge Runner1960 trapper R Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,907 eastern WV	carpenter ants for sure

Re: What is doing this [Re: Hoosier71] #7846213 04/16/23 06:44 AM 04/16/23 06:44 AM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 966 Ar G gregh trapper
gregh trapper G Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 966 Ar	More than likely carpenter ants. Dry wood termites also do it but I have never seen that much debris left in one place by Dry wood termites. Most of the time if you have Dry wood termites they were brought in the house by purchasing some furniture from across the pond or from out west.

Re: What is doing this [Re: Hoosier71] #7846266 04/16/23 08:07 AM 04/16/23 08:07 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,109 SEPA L Lugnut trapper
Lugnut trapper L Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,109 SEPA	I had that same issue at my camp, turned out it was carpenter ants. Eh...wot?

Re: What is doing this [Re: Hoosier71] #7846350 04/16/23 09:59 AM 04/16/23 09:59 AM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,242 Manitoba N Northof50 trapper
Northof50 trapper N Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,242 Manitoba	the windows probably have been covered with Aluminum and the carpenter ants are in there in the rotten wood

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