SPCB Field Rep Branch 2 Quiz—Ants Questions and Answers Graded A+

SPCB Field Rep Branch 2 Quiz—Ants Questions and Answers Graded A+ This ant, 1/8" long, is a severe pest in Southern California. It eats sweets, grease and sometimes proteins. Nest outdoors in shallow mounds in lawns or under stones or boards; builds mounds along sidewalks and foundations or near water. What ant is it? Argentine Ant These ants are large (1/4'' - 1/2"), prefer sweets but will also feed on other insects as well as people food. Nest in tree stumps, firewood, fence posts, hollow doors or window frames. Leave frass that looks like pencil shavings. Carpenter Ants These ants, 1/8'' long, are brownish black in color, has multiple queens per colony. Nest in shallow mounds in soil or debris, or indoors in wall voids, around water pipes or heaters. Commonly confused with Argentine Ants but when crushed this insect gives off a very unpleasant odor. Odorous House Ant These ants have one queen per colony, black head and abdomen with a red thorax. Prefers sweets and insects. Nest in dead wood, such as in old tree limbs, stumps and logs. Often invade picnic or outdoor barbecue areas. Will also produce a foul odor when crushed. Velvety Tree Ant This small ant, at 1/32" long and yellow to light brown color, is known to eats fats, proteins, sweets ant larvae from other ant nests. It can be found nesting outdoors in soil or under rocks or decaying wood, indoors behind wallboards or baseboards Thief Ant This 1/16" long ant that is yellow or honey-colored to orange is known to eat fats, proteins, and sweets and can be found in wall or cabinet voids, behind baseboards or insulation, or outdoors in debris. Very difficult to control and have ten and thousands or hundreds of thousands in their colony, improper treatment may cause them to bud (split) and make sub colonies making it harder to eradicate them. Pharaoh Ant This ant, whose workers vary from 1/16" to 1/5" long, reddish with a dark brown abdomen nests in mounds with multiple openings in soil or lawns and sometimes in buildings behind wall voids. They eat sweets and proteins. Red Imported Fire Ant This ant, 3/16" long and dark brown to black eats on sweets, proteins and grease and can be found in lawns or under stones or boards; builds mounds along sidewalks and foundations or near water. Pavement Ant Carpenter ants are known to damage what material in homes and other structures? Wood True or False: Carpenter ants, like Termites, eat wood? False: They just excavate it to make their nests. How is the antenna of an ant DIFFERENT than the antenna of a termite? An ants antenna is ELBOWED How are the wings of a termite DIFFERENT than the wings of an ant? A termites wings, both front and hind, are