funny

Most ants are female, maybe Louise and Clarice :^) GH

Does your bathroom floor have a miniature mountain range and a major river system? And Indians?

There will be more. Many more.

NT

After the pioneers come the settlers. Next, they'll be putting in a railroad.

It's been raining a lot lately. The ants like to come in out of the rain.

It will soon cease to be funny >:-} Better head them off now. ...Jim Thompson

We use buttercream icing made with Crisco and boric acid powder. A teaspoonful on a bit of tin foil under the fridge keeps the ants down very nicely.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

Nod. They're determined, single minded & aggressive. I've not been able to find any way to stop them short of death.

NT

Boric acid and sugar works just as well. Or you can pick up the Terro ant bait, Same thing.

Cheers

Ants often investigate deaths. Dead bodies attract more ants. Better to keep your place clean, and let them go about their business, which should be nothing if you've done your job.

Or if you don't mind tedium, just relocate the ants outside -- pick them up on a piece of paper or something, so as not to send distress signals.

Alternately, if they're particularly aggressive: let them go about their business, and do your cleaning for you. 'Tis the way in the hotter parts of Africa, where it is unwise even for a fully grown human to get between an ant colony and its meals. :-)

Tim

Probably scouts, though if they're big and black, I'd be looking for leaks.

You don't need the sugar and without it, pets likely won't get into it by mistake.

But Mo doesn't want me to hurt them. I have to be careful to not step on them. I just do what I'm told.

Well, if you accidentally step on one, remind Mo that Lewis got shot in the ass! (Revisionist history buffs will no doubt claim "hip".)

Our bug guy puts out "sticky traps" along likely invasion paths. Catches even scorpions... so sticky I observe no struggle marks ;-) ...Jim Thompson

At least red ants...

It is San Francisco. They're probably red-army ants.

Ants Of Color.

Progressants.

Antifa.

When was the last time you got tested for diabetes? I've known more than one case where people first started suspecting that they might be diabetic from seeing ants on and near the toilet bowl.