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have a couple questions, one about termites and other about ants. 1. I have always had ants especially in the kitchen, they come up from the ground mostly or the ceiling areas. They always go for the trash, I have a lid, but I am guessing I should have a air tight lid to prevent ants? I use...

Hello All, I was working on assembling a table near a window and noticed some kind of insect activity near the bottom of the window trim on both sides. I went outside to check and I don't see any mud tubes on the brick veneer. Is this a work of termites? My wife has been freaking out about...

I've just removed a layer of bricks and mortar from our old patio with a demolition hammer. The patio was full of weeds in the joints and was infested with nasty tiny (~ 1mm) stinging reddish-colored ants between and, in places, under the bricks. When the bricks came off, some of them brought a...

Location: Orlando, FL a bit of background a few weeks ago I noticed ghost/sugar ants in my bathroom. I live on the 3rd floor of an apartment building and never had any ants. Per advice from Reddit I used Advion gel and Advance bait and that seemed to slow them but not really get rid of them...

Hello everyone, im hoping you all can help me out here. I live in northern VA and I believe almost 100% it's carpenter ants, but i need help identifying the nest. I know they typically nest in wood, however, these ants are most definitely in the dirt and deep, about 2-3 feet and about a 4 sq ft...

I assume I have carpenter ants in a basement wall, from the frass and insect parts accumulated on a concrete sill. The concrete portion is partly below grade, and gets damp on the inside at various times of the year. There is also a copper water pipe that partially runs atop the sill. I opened...

I had the exterior of my house repainted the first week of July. The painters also replaced all the trim with treated boards except for one section under my carport. Some two weeks later I went outside and discovered damage to one of the boards that was not replaced (1st picture). After...

We're having an ant issue that has to do with our flooring. They are coming in through a crack between the patio door and where the tile grout ends (see photo). Should we fill this floor crack with something - or could that ruin the tile if it gets too cold and expands? I don't want to ruin...

I know I have some carpenter ant colonies in my walls since this warm weather brought out the winged ants from two places (jointed body so they aren't termites). They were coming out from under the baseboard so I am sure they are in the wall. I sprayed Ortho Home Defense inside of the house...

(first post woo!) Previously with warm weather I found a few of the queens out looking to form a new nest just outside of the window sill, where the ants had made a colony. Over the last ~4 weeks, I have been actively managing this colony found in window sill with boric acid. Up until today, I...

I found an excellent ant repellent! I had small black ants coming in through a kitchen window and I tried everything to get rid of them. I read online that Lemon Pledge (the dusting spray!) will deter them and they will not come back! I sprayed it all around my window, windowsill, etc. and they...