r/ants

Posted this pic a while ago. Pretty sure it's Myrmeocystus Wheeleri. Am I right?

All packed together. cannot even see what are they doing below, it's like all the colony gathered in 15cm squared. sadly the video is not great. sorry for that

They are very small 2-3mm max, and sometimes come in from the balcony door. They only stay near the balcony and I only see single ones here and there. I don’t think the back is noticeably darker but I still want to make sure.

Also sorry for the bad quality my phone camera couldn’t do better

Found in the south east of England

im not sure what species, there was a nuptial flight in my backyard and i caught 5 of these. my best guess would be camponotus chromaiodes or herculeanus

My online friend found this big lady in her home. About the size of a penny!! What kind of ant is she and what does her presence indicate?

Thought this was cool didn’t know what to do with it until I saw the ants sub Reddit. I love Reddit for that.

Hello all! I’m accustomed to incursions into my house by small ants and I can usually deal with or tolerate it. The past few days these much larger ants have been showing up. Now this evening, there are maybe 20-30 of these ants in my bathroom all over. They are probably 3/4” long and fast. Any help/suggestions on deterring them from my house would be great. Thank you!

Before i caught her she managed to take flight for a second. And in the test tube she seems very inactive. I think she may definitely possibly affirmatively be unmated? Also she is 14mm( I JUSTTT caught her )

Live in Pennsylvania. Ant is eating some Terro bate I neglected to clean up. The little white debris is from ceiling drywall. Ant is roughly 1/4 inch.

A species of ant that I’ve never encountered before is building in my yard. They’re so organized and fun to watch, but according to my daughter, their sting/bite is painful. Can anyone please help identify their species? Location: Southern United States

Delete if not allowed….I’m desperate.

We’ve been getting carpenter ants coming in through this window fairly regularly. About 2 weeks ago, we were experiencing some swarmers coming in. Usually about 2-3 a day. The swarmers stopped coming, though other little guys kept on.

Had pest control come out and check to see if there were any obvious signs of a nest in the walls. They didn’t find anything and said they should stop in a couple of weeks.

Now to today: we literally had 3-4 swarmers in the house and 3 more are in the window in the last 2 hours. We’ve also noticed there are a ton in only one window. I went outside to see if there was any obvious trail. Only thing I noticed was what appeared to be a winged male at the top of the window outside.

Ant experts, where should we look to find the big nest? I’m so sick of cleaning up these guys and gals.

Any guidance is appreciated.

Thank you!