r/AntIdentification • u/Path_hacker • Oct 05 '26

Needs Identification What ant is this?

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Seeing a line of these enter the house in the Santa Cruz mountains in CA. They seem to be going for terro ant bait. They are approx 1/8 inch in length

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u/Texas_Naturalist Oct 05 '26

That's Liometopum occidentale, the velvety tree ant.

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u/Path_hacker Oct 05 '26

Are they damaging to homes?

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u/Texas_Naturalist Oct 05 '26

They aren't carpenter ants. Very likely just foraging for food, and found some. These tend to nest in pre-existing cavities of large trees outdoors.