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Fire Ants
- Inflict painful stings.
- Single queen mounds can number 30-100 per acre with up to 250,000 ants each.
- Nest in soil at base of trees, shrubs, grass or in homes.
- Known to kill cattle and other animals.
Pharaoh Ants
- Can spread a variety of bacteria.
- Colonies contain several reproductive females and hundreds of thousands of workers.
- Workers are about 1/16” long.
- Nest in wall voids, behind baseboards, and between liners.
Carpenter Ants
- A silent menace that destroys wood; damage to home can be worse than that produced by termites.
- Thrives in same environment as humans.
- Queen lives as long as 15 years.
- Workers live as long as seven years.
- Can forage up to 300 feet from colony.
- Carpenter ants bite people when disturbed.
Ghost Ants
- Workers are extremely small.
- Colonies can occupy several different nesting sites.
- Can spread a variety of bacteria.
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