| Common
Name |
Scientific
Name |
Fact
Pages With Photos |
| Allegheny Mound Ant |
Formica exsectoides
Forel |
html
|| pdf |
| Carpenter Ant |
Camponotus sp. |
html
|| pdf |
| European Red Antt |
Myrmica rubra |
html
|| pdf |
| Larger Yellow
Ant (Acanthomyops interjectus): html
||
pdf (Univ. of Minnesota Extension)
NOTE:
Quite
often encountered by Maine homeowners in the Fall, when they swarm; They
like to colonize in the soil adjacent to a home's foundation, so are often
encountered in basements, especially along cracks or holes in the foundation
or floor, where moisture and/or rotten wood is also present. |
| Pavement
Ant (Tetramorium caespitum): html
||
pdf (Univ. of Minnesota Extension)
NOTE:
These
ants are encountered commonly by Maine homeowners; They enter homes through
cracks (especially cracks in foundations and concrete slabs); They like
to nest in the soil under sidewalks, driveways, stones, logs, etc. |
| t.
The
European Red Ant is also called the European Fire Ant; It is an invasive
insect in Maine, increasing in its geographical range (particularly in
coastal communities) and in its encounters with homeowners. However, these
ants are only distantly related to the “true” fire ants found in the southern
U.S. and Latin America. |
| Additional
Ant Possibilities: |
| Common
Name |
Scientific
Name |
Fact
Pages With Photos |
| Acrobat Ant |
Cremastogaster lineolata
(Say) |
Clemson: html
|| pdf |
| Cornfield Ant^ |
Lasius alienus (Foerster) |
U.Illinois: html |
| Crazy Ant^^ |
Paratrechina longicornis
(Latrielle) |
U.Florida: html |
| False Honey Ant |
Prenolepis imparis
(Say) |
University of
Minnesota Extension:
html
||
pdf |
| Pharaoh Ant |
Monomorium pharaonis
(Linn.) |
| Lawn Ant |
Iridomyrmex pruinosus
var. analis (E. Andre) |
Ohio State Univ.
Extension: html |
| Little Black Ant |
Monomorium minimum
(Buckley) |
| Odorous House Ant |
Tapinoma sessile
(Say) |
University of
Minnesota Extension:
html
||
pdf |
| Thief Ant |
Solenopsis molesta
(Say) |
Key:
^ - Rarely nest in
homes;
^^ - Quite rare in
Maine; More prevalent, and more problematic, in southern regions of the
U.S., from Florida to South Carolina and west to Texas. But it is also
found in residences and warehouses over much of the eastern U.S. (and in
California and Arizona). |
| Note:
For descriptions and drawings of all of these ants see: Ants
in and Around the Home (Ohio State University Extension). See also
the University of Minnesota Extension's page entitled, "What
To Do About Household Ants" html
|| pdf |
