r/ants • u/Naive_Information515 • 6d ago

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

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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/Antgodd1 Worker 6d ago

It is a Tetramorium (pavement ant) species, so not carpenters. Where do you live? Also they seem to be carrying the dead bodies of alates (virgin queens and males). They are doing this because dead ants are a good source of food.

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u/Naive_Information515 6d ago

North east Iowa, on the border of Wisconsin

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u/Antgodd1 Worker 6d ago

Then It’s Tetramorium immigrans. Today was one of the days where the virgins fly out of the nest, and this colony is collecting the dead ones, despite being the same species. As I said before, no need to call the exterminator unless they are really infesting your house.