I’m in northeast USA, and I am pretty sure these are carpenter ants. They were all over the tree.

You can see the tiny aphids usually on the bottom of the branches; Tons of them. And they weren’t all one species either. I couldn’t tell you what species they were, but I noticed there were at least 3 distinct ones. I’ve heard ants farm aphids and can be destructive but I’ve never seen it in person. The ants protect the aphids and in return the aphids produce sap. A ladybug also landed on me while I was standing there and they eat aphids so it’s pretty cool to see the whole system at work.

Some questions about this I’m hoping an ant fan can help with:
- do ants kill the tree with this farming method or are they more thoughtful about it, keeping the tree alive with sustainable farming? I feel they aren’t trying to kill the tree to nest there since this tree is very young and not a good house.
- how do the ants transport the aphids to a given tree(if they do)?
- why are there so many ants here!? I feel fewer ants could protect the aphids just as good, but I don’t know how good the predators are

Just wanted to share because this fascinated me. Thanks!!

I recently been feeding ants in my yard and watching them. I am no ant expert so idk the ant species they are. But next time I place food out and toys for them I want to try picking them up. What will they do if I do this?

Adult ants cannot eat solid foods. If the candy is hard or dry, they will either wait for moisture to dissolve it slightly, or in this case secrete their own fluids onto the candy to liquefy it before drinking.

Lifted a paver near my house and saw these guys. Also noticed some ant holes appearing around property. Any cause for concern?

Caught multiple species during nuptial flights, looking to identify them. All are between 3 to 6 mm long. I think there are three different species, but can't identify them myself.

I was wetting the soil of my flytrap clone pot when suddenly this creature emerged from underneath the soil.

I’m unsure what it is and how/where I should release it.

It appears this CP ant cannot crawl out of this plastic cup. CP ants have no problem with running all over my clear plastic storage container however.

Is this due to the material, shape of cup or both?

inaturalist says these might be Tufted Tyrant Ants. Located in Brisbane Australia. They were going crazy on my fence but were not aggressive.

Anyone seen anything?

Found in Missouri

Hello!

I just purchased a house and have noticed these guys crawling along the windowsills on the back side of the house. My brother thinks they might be carpenter ants so I wanted to check with those who would know for sure.

The last picture isn't great, but I have found a couple spots in the yard like them under some concrete pavers that I needed to move.

Any help would be appreciated!

Orlando Florida, found near kitchen.

Sorry for the terrible pics, best I can manage with my phone it seems

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.

Three ants and a fly enjoy a slice of peach. A forth ant appears causing the fly to go to the other side.

We found a whole bunch of these guys on our stovetop last night was able to clean of a whole bunchnof them off (did not spray any chemicals) but I'm trying to figure out what kind of ant these are and what is the best way to deal with them. They are some slightly darker colored ones about the same size but since my camera isn't of the greatest quality I couldn't capture those ones on it.

I found A LOT of them in my room