Florida Carpenter Ant
Choice Pest Management
Appearance:
Compact Carpenter ants have a brown head and thorax, and a blackish abdomen.
Size:
Range from 1/8-inch to 1/4-inch in length.
Behavior:
Workers forage in very dispersed trails or individually, and are active all day long. They are scavengers and will feed on a wide variety of liquid and solid foods.
Habitat:
Their most common habitats are hollow twigs, old termite galleries in dead wood, voids of tree trunks, and leaf axel bases in palms. They will also nest in the rotted ends of fence pickets and rails.
Unique Characteristics:
Regular Florida Carpenter ants do not forage during the daytime, and are usually only seen in the evenings. However, Compact Carpenter ants are quite comfortable foraging during the heat of the day.
Choice Pest Management specializes in pest control services, Eco friendly services, bed bugs, and our Once a Year Plus Plan. We also specialize in termite treatment - offering general termite information, subterranean termite treatments, drywood termite fumigation, termite inspections, and Termidor termite treatment. Our ant exterminators specialize in removing and exterminating carpenter ants, fire ants, crazy ants, Caribbean ants, big head ants, and ghost ants. We also offer rodent control, lawn & shrub services, and a pest library to help identify common household pests.
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