Yes, black ants can bite, but their bites are usually so small that you may not even notice. “Almost all ants will bite as a defence mechanism,” Pereira says, though most small ants don’t ...

Not all carpenter ants (Camponotus spp.) are black. But the two species you’re most likely to find in North America — the Eastern carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) and the Western one ...