Last year, our entire three-flat building in Chicago had an ant problem. Small ants were climbing in through holes in screens or under doors and congregating in groups in each apartment’s kitchen. It ...

Humans aren’t the only ones who enjoy the sweet taste of sugar. Many people head into their kitchens only to be greeted by a swarm of sugar ants taking over a sweet treat or sticky spill on the ...

If ants are causing a serious pest problem in your home, try one of these popular methods for deterring ants without the need ...

The best way to get rid of ants is using borax or boric acid bait that they carry back to the colony. Ants love kitchens because of food crumbs, grease and water—so keeping things clean is the first ...

Ants can be some of the most annoying guests that show up in your home uninvited. They're one of those tiny problems that feel wildly annoying, and ants in your garden or kitchen, where food lives, ...

Q: We have ants in the kitchen. I think it started because our cats got a little messy with their food bowls. After putting down a tray under the bowls, the problem has gotten better but is not ...

You have to know your enemy—and accept that there’s no permanent solution. How is it that ants are always the heroes in children’s fables and movies, but when you find them in your kitchen in real ...

Small honey ants are not considered serious commercial pests throughout most of their natural range. However, because they can enter households and other buildings, some people think of them as ...

So my wife calls me at the office saying she went to do a load of laundry and when she picked up some stuff in the laundry room there were a whole bunch of tiny little ants under one of the pieces of ...

Myrmecologists, scientists who study ants, know these small kitchen ants as Tapinoma sessile, but to most of us they re odorous house ants, or sugar ants. Whatever you call them, these little ants are ...

Insects. You don’t want to live with them, especially when they find their way into your home. Luckily, if your ants are getting into your home, there’s a fix. Our resident DIY expert Beth Allen, ...

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