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Turns out birds love to eat aphids, carpenter ants, termites, and all types of potential pests.

Most worker carpenter ants have one of two fates: They either become foragers who look for food or soldiers who defend the nest.

While carpenter ants are pesky to homeowners, forests would be stacked to the brim with dead wood without the decomposing power of wood-destroying insects.

They looked like carpenter ants in their black suits.

To keep the stump under your carving from rotting, try drilling holes near the base and inserting rods made of borate, a mineral that stops rot and also controls termites and carpenter ants.