{"id":2876,"date":"2022-08-25T03:42:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T19:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scifaqs.com\/?p=2876"},"modified":"2023-09-19T20:12:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T12:12:22","slug":"what-are-wood-ants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scifaqs.com\/what-are-wood-ants\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are Wood Ants? The 2 Types of Wood Ants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The term \u201cwood ants\u201d is used to describe 2 types of ants: true wood ants and wood-infesting ants. Despite being called the same name though, these 2 types of ants are very much different. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, true wood ants refer to soil-nesting ants from the <\/strong>Formica rufa<\/em><\/strong> species group while wood-infesting ants refer to the likes of carpenter and moisture ants which are known to infest and damage wood.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article we\u2019ll primarily discuss what true wood ants are as we discuss in more detail how to identify them, their colony structure, and habits. That said, we\u2019ll also look a bit into wood-infesting ants to further understand how both types of wood ants differ.<\/p>\n\n\n

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