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.
In 1789, part of Fairfax County was ceded to the federal government to form Alexandria County of the District of Columbia. Alexandria County was returned to Virginia in 1846, reduced in size by the secession of the independent city of Alexandria in 1870, and renamed Arlington County in 1920.