Workers do not lay down scent trails, used by some other ants, so workers are found scattered about. Ants traveling between a nest and food sources. This could be from a tree or stump to a structure, or from one tree to another. Many times vines on buildings are used to gain access. Tree with overhanging branches or vines in contact with roof or other parts of a structure.
Ants frequently travel over branches into a building.
In living trees these are usually in knotholes, scars, dead areas, crotch angles, or the like. Piles of shredded wood debris near posts, firewood, stumps, logs, and trees. Check interiors of hollow trees if possible. Protecting structures from carpenter ants requires ensuring that the desired nesting conditions are avoided and destruction of ants in all colonies in and near the structure. Prevention Eliminate high-moisture conditions to prevent future attacks and also to prevent fungus infections.