Ants Get Rid of Ants with ETS Innovative IPM Plan Introduction Ants are social insects that are widely regarded as one of the most diverse and successful insect groups in terms of their ecological impact on the environments in which they live. Many ants are ecologically beneficial as insect predators or as decomposers of dead plants and animals. Outdoor ants…
Tropical Fire Ant or Ginger Ant General Description April Nobile, www.antweb.org Tropical fire ants come in a wide range of sizes – Credit: Eli Sarnat. Tropical fire ant majors have large, square heads – Credit: Eli Sarnat. Workers consist of many sizes (polymorphic) between 4 to 6 mm (average of 3 mm). Body color is usually red…
Samsum Ant General Description Esposito, www.antweb.org Body length of workers 4–6 mm, head broader than mesosoma (middle body), with convex sides and emarginated posterior margin. Gaster ending with a powerful sting. Dark brown to blackish brown. Petiole is a high and thick node with a straight anterior surface and a convex posterior surface. Gaster ending with a powerful sting. Eyes…
Pavement Ant General Description www.antweb.org Medium size, adult workers 4 to 4.5 mm long, and the queens are slightly larger Black or brown to reddish brown. Abdomen shiny. Head and thorax dull Twelve-segmented antennae with a three-segmented terminal club. Petiole with two nodes. One pair of spines on the dorsal side of the thoracic segment adjoining the petiole. The…
Pharaoh ant – Monomorium pharaonis (Linneaus) General Description Credit: April Nobile / AntWeb.org Workers are 0.5 mm – 2 mm Males are 2-3mm long and queens are about 4-6 mm long with a dark reddish color. The head and thorax are dull yellowish to orange to reddish brown. Shiny, darker-colored abdomen, especially at the tip. They have 12 segmented antennae with a…
Odorous House Ant or Stink Ant General Description Credit: Photographer and AntWeb.org Medium size ant, workers are 1.5-3.0 mm long. Brownish-grey and shiny. Petiole with one node, somewhat hidden beneath the first abdominal segment From above, abdomen appears wider than thorax. Tip of the abdomen lacks distinct circle of hairs (unlike black carpenter ant). Soft-bodied. Life Cycle and Common Characteristics…
Ghost Ant General Description Credit: April Nobile, www.antweb.org Ghost ant workers are extremely small, 1.3 to 2.0 mm long and dark brown in color. Their legs and antennae are much longer in proportion to the other parts of their body compared to what is normal for other house-infesting ants. They have 12-segmented antennae with the segments gradually thickening towards the…
Crazy Ant (Longhorned) General Description Credit: April Nobile, www.antweb.org The worker is about 2.3 to 3.0 mm long with a brownish-black head, thorax, petiole, and gaster. The body has long, coarse, scattered, grayish, or whitish setae. The body has a few short, whitish bristles. The antennae and limbs are pale brown. The eyes are elliptical and set far back on the head. It has no…
Acrobat Ant General Description Credit: April Nobile, www.antweb.org Six species of Crematogaster were identified in the UAE. Acrobat ants are a small species of ant. Workers are 5 to 3 mm long and have two segmented pedicle, the abdomen is flattened dorsally and convex ventrally. They vary in color from yellowish-brown, brown, to red and black, and some can even…
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