These little black insects are usually a sign that your home is being invaded by carpenter ants. The wood-destroying insects ...

A reader in Fairfax Station, Va. A: Carpenter ants can cause serious structural damage to a house, so it’s smart to be concerned. These unusually large ants — often a quarter to half an inch ...

However, carpenter bees like to make their nests by drilling holes in wood, which can be problematic if their wood source ...

From top to bottom, a house makes a perfect nesting ... Neotropical army ants may march onto the scene, destroying your contemplation. You should welcome them with open arms, however, for these ...

It's better to water the ant hill regularly with cold water as this won't kill the turf but will disturb the ants and encourage them to move on. Black ants are the only species likely to venture ...

While removing anthills can be challenging, especially if you’re dealing with fire ants or carpenter ants, you can typically remove them on your own with the proper ant identification and ...

All products and services featured are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Sugar ants, also known ...

House of Commons/BBC Jas Athwal owns a block of flats in Redbridge, east London On top of the black mould, the BBC saw evidence of ant infestations in a number of the seven properties. "The ants ...

This reaches the peak of sophistication in the leafcutter ants, which cut foliage and return it to feed their fungi, which in turn form specialized growths that are harvested for food. But other ...

This plan includes insecticides for carpenter ants ... Five years ago, annoying bees were invading my house, and black ants were climbing the walls and falling from the ceiling [onto] my head.

Simply placing as few as four live ants into a container of milk provides enough microbes, enzymes and acids to kickstart the fermentation process that creates yogurt. Today, most yogurts are ...

Researchers have now used DNA analysis to uncover just how long ants have been farming fungi, now described in a study published Thursday in the journal Science. It turns out these insects have be ...