The Little Black ant is found throughout the continental U.S. Common in wooded habitats, the Little Black ant may be found nesting under stones, mulch, debris piles or trees, stumps or bare dirt. They rarely nest indoors and may be in wall voids or brick veneer voids.

ittle Black ants eat honeydew produced by aphids, insects, pollen, meat, greases, fruit and sweets.

Little Black ants form small cones of fine soil at the entrances of under ground nest sites.

Little Black ant colonies may contain several queens and large populations. Reproductive swarming Little Black ants may be observed from 
June into August.