sugar ant
Tiny kitchen invader
Sugar ant is an informal name for any small ant attracted to sweet foods, commonly seen trailing across kitchen counters toward spills or crumbs.
In Australia, the term refers specifically to banded sugar ants of the genus *Camponotus*.
Elsewhere it's applied loosely to various household species: We've got sugar ants in the pantry again.
Animal-built shelter for young
- queenMost powerful chess piece
- workerPerson who toils
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- pupaeMetamorphosis middle stage
brood · swarm · tunnel · mound · trail · pheromone · forage · caste
One who reconnoiters
- trailPath through wilderness
- navigateGuide through terrain
- searchAct of seeking
- gatherBring or come together
harvest · scavenge · collect · provision · retrieve · crumb · pantry · kitchen
Broadcast signal receiver
- mandibleLower facial bone
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
- six-leggedHaving half-dozen appendages
- thoraxCentral body cavity
abdomen · compound eye · spiracle · stinger · petiole
Extremely small in size
- minusculeExtremely small in size
- smallLimited in size
- diminutiveVery small, or nickname form
- miniatureReduced-scale representation
speck · grain · dot · inconspicuous · barely visible
Jointed-limb invertebrate phylum
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- pupaInsect's resting stage
- HymenopteraInsect order with membrane wings
nest
Animal-built shelter for young
pupae · brood · swarm · tunnel · mound · trail · pheromone · forage · caste · underground
scout
One who reconnoiters
gather · harvest · scavenge · collect · provision · retrieve · crumb · pantry · kitchen · picnic
antenna
Broadcast signal receiver
- mandibleLower facial bone
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
- six-leggedHaving half-dozen appendages
thorax · abdomen · compound eye · spiracle · stinger · petiole
tiny
Extremely small in size
- minusculeExtremely small in size
- smallLimited in size
- diminutiveVery small, or nickname form
miniature · speck · grain · dot · inconspicuous · barely visible
arthropod
Jointed-limb invertebrate phylum
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- pupaInsect's resting stage
sugar antharvester ant
Ant species collecting seeds
carpenter ant · army ant · leaf-cutter ant · fire ant · leafcutter ant
sugar antcarpenter ant
Wood-boring social insect
termite · bullet ant · giant ant · army ant · driver ant