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Carpenter ants can damage wood used in the construction of buildings. They can leave behind a sawdust -like material called frass that provides clues to their nesting location. Carpenter ant galleries are smooth and very different from termite -damaged areas, which have mud packed into the hollowed-out areas.
Carpenter ants will damage homes by nesting in them. They will dig out tunnels in wood to expand their living spaces which can lead to structural damage. The infestation in the home usually is a satellite colony, with the main one within a hundred yards or more in a stump or other decayed wood.
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Black carpenter ant male. C. pennsylvanicus can be distinguished from other carpenter ant species by the dull black color of the head and body, and by whitish or yellowish hairs on the abdomen. All castes of this species (including the major and minor workers, queens and males) are black or blackish.
But carpenter ants are a major cause of structural wood damage, and that is probably the main interest for a good many readers coming to this page. This is the only picture of structural lumber that has been damaged by carpenter ants in the article; the description in the picture's summary says: "Wood truss destroyed by carpenter ants".
Close-up photos show the punk ant. It has a jet-black body with a row of bright yellow-orange hair sticking up along its back. Henderson described the insect as “the world’s most punk rock ant