Appearance:
Crazy ants vary from red-brown to grayish, and even black in color. Crazy ants are very easy to identify due to their fast, excited movements.

Size:
Range from 1/12-inch to 1/8-inch in length.

Behavior:
Workers are omnivorous, feeding on live and dead insects, seeds, honeydew, fruits, plant sap, and many household foods. The Crazy ant is highly adaptable and can live in both very dry and moist habitats. Their colonies are often large, and can become quite large. On warm, humid evenings, large numbers of males gather outside nest entrances and may mill about excitedly.

The Crazy ant thrives in places such as gasoline stations, convenience stores, and sidewalk cafes where workers may be seen transporting crumbs and insects attracted to lights. Crazy ants are very easy to identify due to their fast, excited movements.

Habitat:
They typically nest outdoors in the soil and in the cavities of trees and shrubs, but frequently enter homes in the fall or after rain. Once inside your home, they will nest in wall and floor voids, especially near hot water pipes and heaters.

The Crazy ant thrives in places such as gasoline stations, convenience stores, and sidewalk cafes where workers may be seen transporting crumbs and insects attracted to lights.

Unique Characteristics:
They often form highly concentrated groups to transport large items such as a caught insect or a piece of food.

Control:
Crazy ants do not always respond to commercial ant baits. If your ant baits fail and you have identified the pests as crazy ants, you should change tactics. In this case a combination of contact insecticides will be needed.