What in the world is the Ant? Acanthomyops?
Last night I found about 100 of these at the base of my center garage door post (Eastern Tennessee). There is a small crack between the wood of the center garage door post and the concrete driveway....
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kentobi: It appears you had a nuptial flight when winged ants fly away to mate. I am not sure on the species, but I am sure others will be able to answer your question since you gave enough details.As...
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Sounds like maybe a Formica? I can't tell from the pictures, I'm sure someone else can. If they are Formica, then they probably won't be eating your house, as I think most Formica are soil dwelling....
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The pictures look like Acanthomyops to me. The reddish ants are female and the dark ants are male. They're commonly called 'citronella ants' or 'lemon ants' or something like that because when they're...
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The images are not the clearest, but those look like Acanthomyops interjectus to me. This is one of the citronella ants. Did you see any of the smaller pale orange workers running around and notice a...
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<sigh> Wrong again for me. I guess I should've known that, considering as that species lives in my area too.
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Jeepers, Morosophomyrmex, we must have been writing our posts at the same time!
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hehe, yep. And, we said just about the same things. I wasn't 100% sure, so I'm glad you agreed .
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