Monsters in the Yard: Carpenter Ants

摘要

You may have seen one ... an ant that's no ordinary ant. Larger and faster, these look like ants that maybe you can't squash with one stomp of your boot. These are the ants that if you don't kill them the first time, you think perhaps the colony willseek revenge. These bugs can truly become monsters in the yard. They are Carpenter Ants.Existing as a colony, carpenter ants have four distinct castes or roles. Size varies among the castes. Queens of the colony can measure up to 1 inch. Winged males, only seen in mature colonies at certain times of the year, come in at just under an inch usually. The major worker, the most often observed of the species, tops out at three-eighths to one-half inch. The minor worker measures about one-quarter inch.