Compared to the others, carpenter ants are huge, reaching lengths between 1/2-in. and 5/8-inches. The largest competitor, the common black ant, is about half that size. Common black ant queens can ...

And so to most people, they would seem the same as a black ... Argentine ants. Rather than competing with each other, different colonies have essentially combined to form gigantic supercolonies.

There are many species of carpenter ants, but those most common in the South are black carpenter ants (Camponotus ...