Black Carpenter Ant

Wooded areas, nesting in dead logs, stumps, and structural timbers of buildings.

Generalist scavengers; they consume proteins like other insects and carbohydrates like honeydew from aphids.

Forages mostly at night; they do not eat wood but excavate it to create galleries for nesting.

Can cause structural damage to homes by nesting in wood; beneficial to ecosystems by aiding in the decomposition of forest wood.