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**Native Texan** · 02-20-2018, 07:30 PM

Looks like Carpenter Ants.

Carpenter ants around homes - Insects in the City

https://citybugs.tamu.edu/factsheets/household/ants-house/ent-2001/

Carpenter ants are a common sight around Texas homes throughout the year. Although their natural nesting sites are in trees, carpenter ants can also invade and live indoors. Texas carpenter ant species are not usually destructive to homes, however they can become a nuisance. Carpenter ants are often first noticed in late winter and early spring. This is the time when carpenter ants and other ants emerge to mate and attempt to start new colonies. These reproductive forms are identified by their two pairs of wings and relatively... Read More →

**Outdoor Man** · 02-20-2018, 07:45 PM

Female Carpenter Ant

**Bisch** · 02-20-2018, 07:49 PM

They sure look bigger than any carpenter ants I have ever seen!

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**talleywack97** · 02-20-2018, 08:15 PM

Better kill em all

**Martin** · 02-20-2018, 08:52 PM

Might be Black carpenter ants, they get pretty dang big!

**jbhunting39** · 02-20-2018, 09:09 PM

Sasquatch Ants.

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**Martin** · 02-20-2018, 09:51 PM

Here's a pic of Black carpenter ants.

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**Bisch** · 02-20-2018, 10:03 PM

Definitely not black carpenter ants. These have a black head and black rear, with red in the middle.

Bisch

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**DRT** · 02-20-2018, 10:19 PM

Yeah, carpenter. Get the granules, the spray, the works.

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