Are carpenter ants really dangerous?
As some of you know, I have a decent sized carpenter ant (Camponotus modoc) colony in the backyard of my house. Someday I’ll probably have to get rid of it when we want to sell the place, but for now it has provided some interesting photographs.
Over the weekend I found them active as usual once I picked up a few pieces of wood. Under one piece I found some that were quite large – probably among the largest ones I have seen. This got me to thinking, how dangerous are these guys (or in truth – ‘gals’) really?