Pest Ant Species
Only those ant species that are major household pests in Florida are featured. There are many other ant species in Florida that are not household pests or only cause problems occasionally. They, along with pest ant species found in other parts of the United States, are not covered here.
Publications
- Acrobat Ant, Crematogaster ashmeadi (46KB pdf)
- Argentine Ant, Linepithema humile (42KB pdf)
- Bicolored Trailing Ant, Monomorium floricola (35KB pdf)
- Big Headed Ant, Pheidole megacephala and Pheidole spp. (60KB pdf)
- Black Carpenter Ant, Camponotus pennsylvanicus (36KB pdf)
- Crazy Ant, Paratrechina longicornis, Paratrechina bourbonica and Paratrechina pubens (64KB pdf)
- Destructive Trailing Ant, Monomorium destructor (44KB pdf)
- Elongate Twig Ant, Pseudomyrmex gracilis (41KB pdf)
- Florida Carpenter Ants, Camponotus floridanus and Camponotus tortuganus (76KB pdf)
- Florida Harvester Ant, Pogonomyrmex badius (124KB pdf)
- Ghost Ant, Tapinoma melanocephalum (37KB pdf)
- Little Fire Ant, Wasmannia auropunctata (42KB pdf)
- Pharaoh's Ant, Monomorium pharaonis (33KB pdf)
- Pyramid Ant, Dorymyrmex spp. (74KB pdf)
- Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta (75KB pdf)
- Rover Ant, Brachymyrmex spp. (58KB pdf)
- Stinging Alates, Hyperponera punctatissima (26KB pdf)
- White-Footed Ant, Technomyrmex albipes (53KB pdf)
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