Appearance:
Caribbean crazy ants are golden-brown to reddish-brown in color. The body surface is smooth and glossy, and covered with dense hairs. After feeding, their abdomen will appear to be striped due to the stretching of the light colored membrane that connects the segments of the abdomen.

Size:
Range from 1/16-inch to 1/8-inch in length.

Behavior:
The Caribbean Crazy ant is so named because of its rapid, erratic movements. They are known to scavenge for a wide variety of solid and liquid foods, such as seeds, fruits, garbage, honeydew, and practically any household food. They are also predatory and will attack insects and other ant species. Caribbean Crazy ants will forage much more erratically than other ants and form much looser trails.

Habitat:
In the last few years, most of the reports of Caribbean Crazy ant infestations have come from pest control operators in and around South Florida. Thick foraging rails with thousands of ants can be found along sidewalks, around buildings and on trees and shrubs. They often build very large colonies with thousands of workers and multiple queens.

Unique Characteristics:
Reports of this ant in Florida date back to the mid 1950s, but infestations were uncommon until the late 1990s. However, Caribbean Crazy ants have recently become