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Confidence votes 184. Ants can carry items 10 - 50 times their own body weight. Ants are small but they are very strong for their size. if you were that strong you could lift an automobile. the ants carry or drag heavy loads for food back to their nests. The food may be parts of plants or bits of dead animals.
If the ant has wings, there is very little doubt that it is a carpenter ant. Carpenter ants are common across the U.S. and are the largest of all common ant species. However, size will vary, even within a single colony, with the worker ants varying in size from 1/4 inch to 5/8 inch.