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How to Manage Pests
Key to Identifying Common Household Ants
Pavement antTetramorium caespitum
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Identifying characteristics
Behavior
- Feed on honeydew, insects,
sweets, fruit, and greasy foods
- Will feed on pet food both indoors and outdoors
- Trails seen going to and from food sources, most often
at night
- Move in slow deliberate motion and are not easily disturbed
- May move through plumbing pipes and electrical wires
- Adjacent colonies fight, producing spectacular sidewalk ant
wars in the spring
Nest type and size
- Nest in lawns or under stones, wood, or boards
- Mounds are built along sidewalks, baseboards, and near
foundations in clusters
- Colonies tend to be found
near water
- Usually one functional queen per colony
See also, pavement ant quick management
tips.
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