Odorous House Ant
Odorous House Ants are ⅛” to 3/16” in length and have dark brown bodies with one node on their flattened petiole (the piece connecting the thorax to the abdomen), which is hidden by the abdomen. When crushed, they emit a smell of rotten coconut. Nests are generally located in a great variety of areas indoors and out. Outside, nests are usually shallow and underneath something like leaves, boards, or stones.
Carpenter Ant
The Carpenter Ant is ¼” to ¾” in length and jet black to dark brown in color. Typically carpenter ants make nests in moist or decaying wood like stumps, hollow logs, telephone poles, or other similar large pieces of wood. Indoor nests may be found in windowsills, hollow doors, roofs, fireplaces, or other naturally hollow areas.
Pavement Ant
Pavement Ants are ⅛” to ⅙” long and blackish brown in color with the abdomen being all black. Their nests are usually found outdoors under rocks, next to buildings and under cracks of pavement or concrete. Occasionally they are found in walls, under floors and in insulation.
Acrobat Ant
Acrobat Ants are 1/10” to ⅙” in length and range from yellowish-brown, to red and black, to black. They have a heart-shaped abdomen that is flattened on the upper side and curved below. Acrobat Ants, similar to Carpenter Ants, harbor in decayed or partially decayed wood. They are seldom found in sound wood.
Pharaoh Ant
The Pharaoh Ant is 1/15″ to 1/12″ long and yellowish to reddish brown in color. Their nests are rarely found, but they occur between walls, under falls, above ceilings, behind baseboards, old trash, and outside in gardens.
Field Ant
The Field Ant is ⅛” to ⅓” in length and are brown, black or reddish, or have combinations of these colors. Their nests are commonly built as earthen mounds along fences, sidewalks, flowerbeds and in lawns.
