- Name comes from their ability to inflict especially painful stings
- Species features yellowish-brown thorax with darker abdomen
- Single queen mounds can number 30-100per acre, each with up to 250,000 ants
- Workers are usually 1/16" to 1/4" long
- Nests are usually situated outside, in the soil at the base of a tree, shrub, exterior wall or in clumps of grass. However, they can also nest inside your home.
- Species feature a pale yellowish to reddish body
- Colonies may contain several hundred thousand workers and multiple queens
- Can spread a variety of bacteria
- Workers are usually about 1/16" long
- Nest in inaccessible areas, such as wall voids, behind baseboards, in furniture, under floors and between liens.
- Species is small, light-to-dark brown
- Colonies can include thousands of workers and many queens
- Workers are very aggressive and usually eliminate other ant species
- Workers are usually about 1/16" long
- Inside, these ants usually nest near a moist source, such as water pipes, sinks, potted plants, etc.
- Named for the habit of nesting near other ant nests, which they rob of food
- Species can be pale yellow to light or dark brown in color
- Sometimes feed on dead animals and can carry disease to human food
- Workers are usually 1/16" long
- Inside these ants usually nest in small crevices, especially in wood work and masonry.
- Species features a dark brown head and light-colored abdomen
- Colonies contain numerous reproductive females and can occupy several different nesting sites
- Improper treatment can actually increase or spread the infestation
- Workers are extremely small usually no more than 1/16" long
- Attracted to sugar, cake, syrup, etc. Ghost ants enter a home from a large number of colonies located outside.
- Many Species are black, but some are reddish with black abdomen
- Name comes from the damage they cause to wood by tunneling and nesting
- Can forage up to 300ft from colony
- Mature colony may contain 2,000 to 4,000 ants
- Workers vary in size from 1/4" to 3/4" long
- Carpenter ants feed on other insects and nearly anything people eat, particularly sweets and meats found in kitchen and storage areas.
