Moisture Ants

Moisture Ants

Moisture Ants are wood destroying ants that are also potentially destructive. They like to nest behind bathtub walls, within crawlspaces, under slabs, in and around windows and exposed wood roofs. Moisture Ants seek out areas where moist rotting wood is present. Their nests, called cartons, are brown and filled with holes which fill the voids within the space in which they nest. Often confused with carpenter ants, these ants are smaller at about 1/8″, are lighter in color, and have telltale bumpy backs with a larger dip between the abdomen and thorax.