Immigrant pavement ant
The immigrant pavement ant is a tiny dark brown ant that builds its home under pavements and sidewalks. It came to North America from Europe and is now one of the ants seen most often in towns there.
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Fun facts
Pavement ants were taken to the International Space Station in 2014 so scientists could study them.
A big colony can have more than 10,000 ants.
City ants can stay alive at about 46 °C on hot pavements.
A new queen raises her first babies alone, living off the muscles she used for flying.
Most asked questions about Immigrant pavement ant
?Why are there pavement ants in my house?
They usually live outside but come in to find food that has been left out.
?What do pavement ants eat?
Almost anything, from insects and seeds to bread, cheese and sweet food.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Tetramorium immigrans
- Group
- Ants
- Family
- Formicidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Formicidae
- Lives on
- Europe, North America
- Also known as
- Pavement ant, Sugar ant
Where the facts come from
- Tetramorium immigrans (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by April Nobile. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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