With a staggering population of at least 20 quadrillion, ants are by far the most common insects on the planet today. They ...

There are several natural ways to remove carpenter ants without harsh pesticides, including nest removal and borax treatments ...

These ants are around 3.5-5mm long and are black or brown in colour ... Flying ants often choose to make nests close to the ...

These ants originally came from South America but are now found in many southern U.S. states. They flourish in warm, areas like fields and parks. Fire ants build big nests and are immensely ...

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 ...

The black garden queen ant (Lasius niger) ensures colony survival by laying thousands of eggs after a single mating. Her diet, including honeydew, insects, and sometimes her own infected larvae ...

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Find out when and why ants grow wings and swarm. Flying ants are known as alates. In the UK, particularly in urban areas, the winged insects you see are almost always the sexually mature queens and ...

From top to bottom, a house makes a perfect nesting ground ... You should welcome them with open arms, however, for these marauders are carnivores – the biggest predators of other ants. Like black ...

and uncovers the origins of their close partnership A worker of the fungus-farming ant species Mycetophylax asper, collected in Santa Catarina, Brazil, in 2014, on its fungus garden Riley Black ...

However, they can be a nuisance in the home, contaminating food and causing serious damage to a house’s structure. This guide breaks down factors that affect the cost of ant extermination.

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.