White Footed
Black Ants

Appearance:  Black in color, about one-tenth of an inch long.

Diet:  Just about anything, food, water and especially sweet foods.

Habits:  Colonies are massive usually containing hundreds of thousands. They travel in  trails leaving an invisible scent trail so the rest of the colony can follow once food is found. Nesting locations can be found anywhere from trees, especially palm trees to  anywhere in and around the house.

Solution:  Recommend interior and exterior treatments including  a basic interior service and exterior lawn and ornamental treatment.

Fire Ants

Appearance:  Red in color  about one fourth of an inch long. Queens can live up to six years while workers live about  six months.

Diet:  Prefers sweet or greasy  food and has been known to eat meat.

Habits: Large colonies that nest in mounds from several inches  up to fifteen inches  or more in diameter. Mounds can reach up to  twelve inches high. Very aggressive and will  bite and sting. 

Solution:  Exterior lawn service and granulating.

Carpenter Ants

Appearance: Most common species in South Florida is the red carpenter ant. Approximately one-fourth to three-eights of an inch long. Worker ants have large mandibles

Diet: Will feed on some insects. Likes foods that are sweet and some meats.

Habits: Likes to nest in dead trees & stumps and under various things as stones and woodpiles. Colonies can contain up to several thousand workers and can be difficult to control.

Solution:  Basic interior service, attic dusting and exterior lawn and ornamental treatments.