You might be wondering how you tell the difference between regular ants and carpenter ants. Well, it's pretty simple. Carpenter ants are a lot larger, measuring around a quarter- to half-inch in length and they also tend to be black or red in color. You'll also notice them gathering crumbs of food around your home like your usual common household ant, but another clear sign of carpenter ants is that they leave little piles of sawdust near wood in and around your home. This is because they don't eat the wood. Instead, they mulch it to build tunnels and networks, hence the structural damage. You