Adrienne, This looks like it could be red imported fire ants. They have a stinger (I think I see it in one pic). The shape of the nodes looks right. Coloration is right. The NCSU link describes them pushing soil through a crack indoors during nest building. And you're within their range.
OK State article https://extension.okstate.edu/programs/digital-diagnostics/insects-and-arthropods/red-imported-fire-ant-solenopsis-invicta/ Excavation https://entomology.ces.ncsu.edu/red-imported-fire-ant/ Baiting RIFA https://ant-pests.extension.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/RIFA_Bait_Treatment_Hints_For_SC.pdf Not 100% sure I'm right but in case they are RIFA be careful! Jody Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, PhD Senior Extension Associate, Community IPM Coordinator The New York State Integrated Pest Management Program Cornell University 60 Fire Island Ave, Babylon, NY 11702 631.539.8680 jl...@cornell.edu<mailto:jl...@cornell.edu> www.nysipm.cornell.edu<http://www.nysipm.cornell.edu/> From: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Adrienne Dastgir Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 3:17 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: [PestList] Carpenter ants? Hi all, Thanks to those who answered my question about the ants yesterday. I did not know about the tiny ants. So interesting. I have another question about ants. 1. Is this a Carpenter ant? 2. If so, how did they make this big hole in a little over a month? Thanks, Adrienne Dastgir Curator of Collections Work: (580) 622-7156 Ex. 65078 Work Cell: (580) 618-8339 Personal Cell (405) 513-1822 Email: adrienne.dast...@chickasaw.net<mailto:adrienne.dast...@chickasaw.net> Chickasaw Cultural Center 867 Charles Cooper Memorial Drive Sulphur, OK 73086 [CCC logo] "The world can be divided into the people who like to look under the rock and the people who don't. I've always said, since birth, 'Let's look under the rock" --Unknown -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/PH0PR09MB833054991E8596CE0F52AD278BB2A%40PH0PR09MB8330.namprd09.prod.outlook.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/PH0PR09MB833054991E8596CE0F52AD278BB2A%40PH0PR09MB8330.namprd09.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/MN2PR04MB57434D1AAAD0F5C3B3B84641B5B2A%40MN2PR04MB5743.namprd04.prod.outlook.com.
