There are many types of carpenter ants throughout the U.S. measuring in size from one-quarter inch (about the width of a pencil) for a worker carpenter ant to three-quarters of an inch (about the size of a quarter) for a queen carpenter ant. Each colony is established by a single, fertilized queen.
Alexandria Average Weather. 1  The highest monthly average temperature in Alexandria for August is 79 degrees. 2  The lowest monthly average temperature in Alexandria for February is 38 degrees.  The most monthly precipitation in Alexandria occurs in June with 5.8 inches.
The Katz family still runs Security Sporting Goods, which opened in Alexandria in 1949 and despite a fire and a move remains the âpremier sporting goods store with the most complete selection of merchandise in Louisiana.â In recent decades, the Jewish population of Alexandria has declined sharply. In 1980, 760 Jews lived in Alexandria, by 2001 there were only 175. Despite this drop in population, Alexandria has come to cherish the rich history of its Jews in recent years. In 2002, the high schoolâs theater troupe put on a production of âFiddler on the Roof.â