The Bugs Stop Here Pest Control Guide
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tends the larvae that hatch. The adults that develop become workers and take over colony labor activities.
Once a colony has been established, queens will continue egg laying until late fall. During the winter months adults are inactive and the larvae slow their development. In the spring, workers begin to forage and queens resume their egg laying. Larval development and production increases so the colony can
grow substantially during spring and summer. Colonies can be very large, ranging in size from several hundred to over 100,000 individuals. In addition, odorous house ant colonies can produce hundreds of
laying queens and thousands of workers.
*Ant swarmers are sometimes misidentified as termite swarmers. Ants can be identified by having the
front wings larger than the hind wings. Wings on termites, however, are considerably longer than the body and both wings are the same size.