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Types of Ants
Identifying what you are dealing with is very important, since the control strategies between these different species vary.
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Crazy Ant
Fast-moving ants with erratic behavior, often noticed by scattered or unpredictable trails.
Found inside kitchens, bathrooms, wall voids, and potted plants.
Found outside under rocks, logs, and mulch.

Fire Ant
Aggressive ants known for painful stings, often identified by visible mounds and swarming activity.
Found inside rarely, typically only when nesting materials are present.
Found outside in mounds across open areas, lawns, gardens, and sometimes smaller mounds near structures.

Ghost Ant
Fast-moving, very small ants often noticed by tiny trailing lines near moisture sources.
Found inside kitchens, bathrooms, wall voids, and potted plants.
Found outside under stones, logs, and mulch.

Thief Ant
Small ants that nest near other colonies to steal food, often seen gathering around protein-based items.
Found inside near greasy or high-protein food sources, especially kitchens.
Found outside under rocks, logs, and mulch

Velvet Ant
Wingless female wasps that resemble ants and deliver a very painful sting, often noticed as brightly colored, fast-moving insects on the ground during warm weather.
Found inside rarely, as they typically do not enter homes.
Found outside in dry, sandy areas, especially near ground-nesting bee and wasp nests.

Acrobat Ant
Ants that prefer moist environments, often identified by visible trails and a distinctive heart-shaped abdomen when viewed from above.
Found inside wall voids, insulation, and other moisture-prone areas.
Found outside under stones, logs, and mulch.

Pavement Ant
Ants that nest in pavement cracks, often noticed by small piles of soil or sand and visible ant trails.
Found inside under floors, inside walls, and within insulation.
Found outside along sidewalks, driveways, and building foundations.

Argentine Ant
Highly invasive ants that form large colonies, often recognized by heavy traffic and long trails around food sources and across the property.
Found inside kitchens, bathrooms, wall voids, and under floors.
Found outside near moist areas, under stones, logs, pavers, and mulch.

Carpenter Ant
Large ants that excavate wood to build nests, often detected by wood shavings and faint rustling sounds inside walls.
Found inside wall voids, hollow doors, and insulation.
Found outside in dead trees, firewood, and other wooden structures.

Harvester Ant
Seed-collecting ants often identified by bare patches of soil and visible foraging trails.
Found inside rarely, as they typically remain outdoors.
Found outside in dry, open areas, fields, and gardens.

Little Black Ant
Small ants that form large, fast-spreading colonies, commonly noticed by trails of tiny black ants.
Found inside kitchens, bathrooms, and wall voids.
Found outside under rocks, logs, and in decaying wood

Odorous House Ant
Ants that emit a strong rotten coconut odor when crushed, often detected by active trails near sweet food sources.
Found inside near food sources, sinks, pipes, and other warm, humid areas.
Found outside under rocks, logs, mulch, and debris.


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