Nearctic carpenter ant
The Nearctic carpenter ant is a small, shiny dark brown to black ant. It makes its home inside wood, like dead twigs, logs, pine cones and even wooden houses. Its nests are small, with only a few hundred ants.
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Fun facts
One big nest that scientists counted had 531 ants, not counting the babies.
It sometimes nests in the wooden parts of buildings, often near the roof.
It looks a lot like another black ant, so people often mix them up.
The queen can be up to 1 centimetre long.
Most asked questions about Nearctic carpenter ant
?Is the Nearctic carpenter ant a pest?
Sometimes. It can nest in wood in buildings, especially near rooftops.
?Where does the Nearctic carpenter ant live?
In dead wood, twigs, logs and pine cones in woods and prairies in the US and Canada.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Camponotus nearcticus
- Group
- Ants
- Family
- Formicidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Formicidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Smaller carpenter ant
Where the facts come from
- Camponotus nearcticus (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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