black ants in south carolina

ants occur in South Carolina and to develop distribution models to predict where ant species may be found in South Carolina Objective 1: Develop a list of ant 

Pyramid Ants are easily identified in the field by their distinctive cone shaped mounds with an entrance hole in the center In South Carolina, two species have been collected and identified Taxonomically, the Pyramid ants are in the subfamily Dolichoderinae

of carpenter ants were recorded from South Carolina Camponotus pennsyl- vanicus (DeGeer) and Camponotus decipiens Emery were encountered most

Eleanor, an ant biologist from Goldsboro, North Carolina, has told the stories here of the most common ants in North America These stories are fun, but they are 

red imported fire ant, S invicta, was likely introduced around 1930 by ship in soil Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, 

ant species feed predominantly on sweets; others prefer meat and grease but can of 13 southern states from North Carolina to Califor- nia However, these 

Charles L Barr, Extension Program Specialist—Fire Ant Project, The Texas A&M University System S Bradleigh Vinson, Professor, Department of Entomology