NYC Ant Exterminators: Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens
DIY ant control is difficult. Most Do-It-Yourselfers wind up killing the ants that are visible, but fail to get to the root of the problem — the nests. Furthermore, not all infestations should be handled the same. Full Force Ant Exterminators will save you both time and money.
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Odorous House Ants (Tapinoma sessile)
- Size:1/8 in.
- Color: Dark brown or black
- Diet: Loves sweets and proteins
- Behavior: Most common household ant that scurries across floors and counters
- Nesting: Usually outdoors in shallow debris and soil mounds; enters homes for food and dry shelter. They’ll camp around heaters, water pipes, or in wall holes. Before the rainy season comes, give Full Force Ant Exterminators a call.
- Special trait: Releases a strong rancid odor (like rotting coconut or blue cheese) when crushed
Pavement Ants (Tetramorium caespitum)
- Size: 3/16 in.
- Color: Dark brown or black
- Diet: Sweets, grease, and protein
- Nesting: Under stones, boards, in lawns, and along sidewalks
Ghost Ants (Tapinoma melanocephalum)
- Size: 1.3 to 1.5 mm (very tiny)
- Color: Pale legs and abdomen with dark body (hard to spot)
- Diet: Sweets
- Behavior: Sneak into heated buildings; often introduced through travel or shipments. Full Force Ant Exterminators will search for colonies in wall voids, flowerpots, and baseboards.
- Special trait: Releases a rancid smell when crushed
Carpenter Ants (Camponotus spp.)
- Size: ¼ to ½ inch (the largest common species)
- Color: Black or bi-colored red and black
- Diet: Ripe fruit juice, insects, and sweets
- Nesting: In decaying wood, tree stumps, fence posts, firewood, window frames, or hollow doors
- Impact: Weaken wood structures over time
Rover Ants (Brachymyrmex spp)
- Size: 2.5 mm
- Color: Pale yellow to black-brown
- Diet: Sugar, syrups, honey, and crumbs. Fortunately, Rover ants don’t eat wood or create structural damage, but their presence is enough to make a call to Full Force Ant Exterminators.
- Nesting: Small colonies in wall voids; outdoors in soil, deadwood, and plant debris. In urban areas like New York, they set up small colonies in wall voids and infest homes, buildings, hospitals, and offices.
Argentine Ants (aka Sugar Ants)
- Size: 1/8 inch
- Color: Medium brown
- Diet: Sugar, sweets, oil, and crumbs
- Behavior: Move in long trails; colonies can number in the millions, with hundreds of queens
- Nesting: Under slabs, debris, soil, mulch, and wood. Come spring, Argentine ants enter homes looking for dry nesting areas, and they’re hard to miss. You’ll spot them along carpet edges indoors.
Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta)
- Size: 1/16 to ⅕ inch
- Color: Reddish body with dark brown abdomen and stinger
- Behavior: Highly aggressive with painful, burning stings.
- Nesting: Visible mounds in hot, sunny areas
- Risk: Can cause severe allergic reactions — seek medical help if stung. Fire ants repeatedly sting victims with an alkaloid venom. Their bites may leave red bumps, white pustules, and scars. Some people may develop fatal reactions.
Crazy Ants (Paratrechina longicornis)
- Size: 2.2 mm to 3 mm
- Color: Dark brown to black
- Diet: Dead insects, sweets, and grease
- Behavior: Erratic and unpredictable; often infest electronics and wiring
- Special trait: Can pile up by the thousands over a single dead ant. Crazy ants lose direction without a leader, but following as they carry food will reveal where their nest is located. Full Force Ant Exterminators will track them down fast.
