Big-Headed Ants

As their name suggests, major workers of this ant species have disproportionately large heads, often even wider than their abdomen. They are small, between one eighth and one sixteenth of an inch, depending on the class. They have six legs, 2 antennae, and a two-lobed body. BHA are reddish-brown or light brown in color. The like to nest in soil or decomposing organic debris, such as tree stumps, piles of leaves, or wood piles.

 

BHA mate in the summer and experience population explosions, being able to go from a single queen to a colony of hundreds of workers in just a few months. They are high-energy and react quickly to threats or to discovery of food.

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BHA will chew on cables and wires, causing outages and fire hazards around and under your home. 

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