Ivory-Marked Beetle vs Florida Carpenter Ant

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Ivory-Marked Beetle Florida Carpenter Ant
Scientific Name Eburia quadrigeminata Camponotus floridanus
Order Coleoptera Hymenoptera
Family Cerambycidae Formicidae
Size 15-25 mm 5-11 mm
Habitat Woodlands Woodlands
Diet Wood Feeders Omnivores
Regions Eastern North America Southeastern United States
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Ivory-Marked Beetle

A tan longhorn beetle with pairs of ivory-colored raised spots on each elytron. Larvae bore into hardwood timbers.

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Did You Know?

Adults have emerged from furniture over 40 years after the wood was cut and processed.

Florida Carpenter Ant

A bicolored carpenter ant with a reddish-orange head and thorax and black abdomen. It is the most common structural pest ant in Florida.

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Did You Know?

Florida carpenter ants have among the largest genomes of any ant species studied, containing around 240 million base pairs.