Carpenter Ants Characteristics Las Vegas

Physical Characteristics of Carpenter Ants

• Carpenter ants can range in size from 3.4 to 13 mm long.
• The most common color of carpenter ants are black but some can be shades of red or yellow depending on species.

Carpenter Ant Behavior

• Carpenter ants can live outdoor and indoors in moist areas usually in old rotting wood.
• They will dig into the wood grain and form their nests inside. Most species of carpenter ants will forage for food during night time.
• When carpenter ants find food sources they leave a trail of pheromones from the source to the nest to increase the strength of the foraging trail.

Las Vegas Food Sources

• Carpenter ants are foragers, common food sources include honeydew from aphids and nectar from other plants.
• Carpenter ants will pretty much eat anything humans eat as well as other insects.

Carpenter Ant Life Cycle

• A full functional colony can take 3 to 6 years to be established.
• The life cycle of a carpenter ant can be anywhere from 6 to 12 weeks from egg to adult.
• Carpenter ant queens can live up to 25 years while laying thousands of eggs in their lifetime.

Carpenter Ant Las Vegas Information and Warnings

• Be on the look out for wood debris mixed with parts of dead ants.
• Carpenter ants are not aggressive but if their nests are disturbed, they will bite to defend themselves.
• Carpenter ants are known to be one of the bigger species, their bite can break the skin but they are not poisonous to humans.