Ants are social creatures who live and work in colonies. It is their instinct to constantly search for an optimal location to live. Your home provides ants with a nearly unlimited food source and protection from the elements
Commonly, male ants are actually mistaken for termites, even though they have a similar appearance, there are a few distinctions. Ants have a constricted waist, which termites lack. The forewing of ants is larger than the hindwing, while termites have four wings of equal size. Ants have bent antennae, and termites have straight more beadlike antennae.