Gigantic Ants?

Question

I live in Manitoba Canada and we have these very big ants invading our house. They are black, red, black and are huge! You know the typical 1/2" black, red, black nasty ones that bite, they are like that but around 3/4" and are rounder. They look like regular nasty ants but on steroids! Can anyone tell me anything about these ants? What they're called, anything? I can't find anything on the net about them.

Answer 1

Those r fire ants and u need to call an exterminator

Answer 2

If you have them in your home..........start looking at getting with the program........Hope you don't have a stucco home....if you do they will be right behind the stucco eating wood.......and lots of it...........I once worked on a house that they had started on and all that was left was the shell of the lumber....they eat and dump all the interior of studs and plates.........you should see the dark looking sawdust around your foundation ....In most cases they need water everyday like us.....unless the moisture is trapped behind the walls...........then they will live right there and eat your house......find a good spray man if you find a lot of dust...........they love eatind wood....and are a relative of a carpenter ant...........big and hungry.......good luck....please take this serious............these guys can eat and have big familes or nests.......my sister law also had them around her kitchen sink and bathtub.........they just eat the heck out of the floor joist...........it's hard to fix if you wait to long.  If you watch them you will see them crawl up and down the foundation or a post.........just watch please