Ant Photos - Home and Garden IPM from Cooperative Extension - University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Photo Gallery: Ants

: Allegheny Mound Ants in Bristol, Maine
Photo taken: 7/19/2017

: Allegheny Mound Ants

: Eastern Black Carpenter Ant (worker) (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) (central Maine; 6/13/2009)

: Carpenter Ant (Winged Queen)

: Carpenter Ant (Winged Queen)

: Carpenter Ant Queen
(wingless stage) (the wings fall off subsequent to mating)

: Carpenter Ant Queen (wingless stage; they shed their wings after mating)

: A male Carpenter Ant

: male Carpenter Ants (males have wings for the purpose of nuptial flights with winged queens)

: Smaller Carpenter Ant feeding on a piece of cereal (worker) (Camponotus nearcticus) (Stetson, ME; 4/11/2021) (specimen was found crawling indoors on a shower wall)

: European Red Ant — Myrmica rubra (also referred to as the European Fire Ant) (Invasive)

: European Red [Fire] Ant

: Larger Yellow Ants

: Pavement Ants

: Pavement Ants

: Pavement ants

: Magnified view of a Pavement ant worker (as seen through a dissecting scope)

Additional Photos and Information: Allegheny Mound Ants (Formica exsectoides) — Beneficial to humans in some situations. Carpenter Ants (genus Camponotus) — Always check firewood for these ants before bringing it indoors. Citranella Ants — Ants in the genus Lasius are collectively referred to as Citranella Ants or sometimes