Images Of Carpenter Ants

Carpenter ants are arguably the most common indoor ant species, along with fire ants. In fact, carpenter ants have been found in almost every state in the U.S., living in all but five (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Hawaii and Alaska). Although their name suggests a predilection for wood, neither carpenter nor fire ants are as destructive as termites, who leave behind telltale powder and frass to indicate their path of destruction.

Images Of Carpenter Ants

Images Of Carpenter Ants

Carpenter ants get their name from their nest building, where they will excavate the wood and form smooth tunnels inside of the wood. Carpenter ants do not eat wood, they only tunnel and chew through wood to create nests.

The western black carpenter ant colony, when mature, contains about 10-20,000 workers, with large colonies of more than 50,000 individuals. There is usually only one functional, wingless queen per colony. Swarmers are not produced until the colony is more than two years old. They are produced in the previous year and held over the winter in the nest for release the following year. Swarmers appear from May until August in the eastern United States and from February through June in the west.

List Of Images Of Carpenter Ants