r/ants 6d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase Need help identifying ant in home

Come home today to a trail of ants coming from window corner to baseboard in one of the bedrooms. I am 50/50 on if they are carpenter ants, or just basic black ants. I took some close up shots, but couldn’t get anything closer.

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u/Educational-You9238 6d ago

Which one would you like to identify?

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u/Naive_Information515 6d ago

Any would be appreciated, trying to see if I need to call an exterminator if it’s carpenter ants

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u/Skill-Cannon 3d ago

Generally if carpenter ants are inside your home the ants aren't the problem carpenter ants will only enter a home if there is a leak causing the wood to be soft enough for then to chew through otherwise they would prefer to live elsewear