Pavement ants (Tetramorium) · Tetramorium
Tetramorium bicarinatum
Tetramorium bicarinatum
One of the species commonly found in homes, and also easily found nesting under bark or in building cracks at low elevations. It is called "two-ridged" because of the two bumps on the petiole, and "wrinkled" because of the wrinkle-like sculpture on its body. An omnivore with monomorphic workers and no soldiers, it has a fairly hard exoskeleton, sometimes catches small insects, and moves slowly.
