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Ants
Pavement Ants
Length: 1/8 - 1/6 inch
Color: blackish-brown with paler legs and antenna
The pavement ant gets its name from its habit of nesting beside and under sidewalks, driveways, and foundations. They typically emerge from under baseboards, expansion joints, heat registers, and false ceilings.
The pavement ant will eat honeydew, sweets, insects, fatty and greasy foods.
Odourous House Ants
Length: 1/12 - 1/8 inch long
Color: brownish black
The odorous house ant smells like rotten coconuts when they are crushed.
Odorous house ants are often found under lumber, rocks, firewood, bricks, stone, and tree bark. The ant can invade homes and their nests inside are usually found in areas near moisture such as wall voids, near pipes and heaters, bath traps, and beneath toilets.
They prefer honeydew from aphids and mealybugs.
Carpenter Ants
Length: 1/4 - 3/4 inch
Color: blackish or very dark-bodied, they can also have brown or reddish coloration along with the black.
Carpenter ants get their name from their nest building, they chew through wood, (they do not eat the wood) and form smooth tunnels to create their nest. Wood that is moist and decaying is preferred by the ant. Homes or buildings located by woodlands are more likely to have carpenter ant infestations.
The colony is generally located in a tree, stump, stack of firewood, and landscape timbers. Often the ants move into the home or building solely to save timber food. They sometimes enter the home by tree limbs or wires that touch the house. Indoor nests may be found in windowsills, hollow doors, porch substructures, roofs, baseboards, and fireplaces.
The carpenter ants diet consists of animal and plant foods, they will also eat live and dead insects. The ants eat honeydew from aphids and in the home, they will eat foods such as honey, syrup, jelly, and sugar.
Acrobat Ants
Length: 1/10 - 1/6 inch
Color: yellowish-brown to red and black
The acrobat ant gets its name from its ability to acrobatically raise its abdomen over its thorax and head when frightened.
The ant trails along utility lines, tree limbs, rails of fences, and decks.
Acrobat ants are aggressive and they give off a strong odor when disturbed.
The ant feeds on live and dead insects and honeydew
Pharaoh Ants
Size: 1/15 - 1/12 inch long
Color: Yellowish to reddish-brown
The Pharaoh ant is usually found nesting in cracks and crevices with sufficient warmth and humidity. They are also found in kitchens, laundry rooms, and bathrooms near water sources and they can be found in wall voids, under floors, and behind baseboard and window sills.