Wow, a blog too? When does he have time to work. 
When I moved into my house, I had a tall grape vine growing up my house. It is gone, as well as the carpenter ants ;), however the black dots are on my siding. I thought all this time, they were anchor points for the vine. Good stuff Joe!
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Still working. Pictures of Today’s Inspection