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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Formicinae » Myrmelachistini » Rover ants (Brachymyrmex) » Brachymyrmex patagonicus
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ants in the house - Brachymyrmex patagonicus
Copyright © 2005 DWallach

ants in the house - Brachymyrmex patagonicus
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
November 4, 2005
Size: 5mm
This is the larger winged variety. We had both winged and non-winged ants in our bathroom (probably from the same species). Question: are these carpenter ants? Do we need to call an exterminator?

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Contributed by DWallach on 7 November, 2005 - 9:57am
Last updated 25 February, 2019 - 2:07am

Moved
Moved from Rover ants.
… Steven Wang, 25 February, 2019 - 2:07am login or register to post comments

Moved
Definitely not carpenter ants, which are much larger. Note the diagnostic 9-segmented antenna, visible in this image.
… James C. Trager, 29 November, 2010 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

hmmm
i can't say for sure if you have termites or carpenter ants or neither, but in any case i'd call the exterminator!
… bennett gray, 7 November, 2005 - 3:06pm login or register to post comments

 
they are neither
they look like Prenolepis imparis to me. please don't call the extermintaor- an awful killing of insects for no real reason would result.
the winged ones are queens, the smaller ones workers
… J. Anderson, 3 September, 2010 - 8:07am login or register to post comments

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