black carpenter ant

Description:

C. pennsylvanicus can be distinguished from other carpenter ant species by the dull black color of the head and body, and by whitish or yellowish hairs on the abdomen. All castes of this species (including the major and minor workers, queens, and males) are black or blackish. Colonies have workers that are not all the same size (polymorphism). The antennae are elbowed, usually with 6-13 segments. Workers on average range from 1-2 cm long.

Habitat:

Carpenter ant species reside both outdoors and indoors in moist, decaying or hollow wood.

Notes:

they are very very fast,they eatcommon sweets such as syrup, honey, jelly, sugar, salt, and fruit, and most kinds of meat, grease, and fat. Unlike termites, they cannot digest wood cellulose.