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2. Here's How to Get Rid of Ants in Your Home and Yard for Good

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   Halt the party by cleaning up their food source, and spray a cleaning solution on the surface to wipe up and destroy the pheromone trail, says Suiter. Set out ant baits.

3. Woodworm - Wikipedia

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   Wood affected by woodworm. Signs of woodworm usually consist of holes in the wooden item, with live infestations showing powder (faeces), known as frass, around the holes.. The size of the holes varies, but they are typically 1 to 1.5 millimetres (5 ⁄ 128 to 1 ⁄ 16 in) in diameter for the most common household species, although they can be much larger in the case of the house longhorn beet

4. Ant-keeping - Wikipedia

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   A formicarium, which is a housing for an ant colony. Note the talcum powder/rubbing alcohol lubricant mixture applied around the top perimeter of the enclosure, to prevent ants from escaping. Ant-keeping (or ant keeping) is a hobby involving the capture, care, and observation of ants and ant colonies. [1] It is a form of lay myrmecology. The ...

5. Formica rufa - Wikipedia

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   [23] [24] Wood ant nests are vulnerable to rapidly spreading microbial loads due to the dense population and organic debris accumulation within large, complex structures. Terpenes and phenolic acids found in coniferous tree resins provide antimicrobial defense and inhibit the growth of pathogens within the nests when mixed with the ants' formic ...

6. Formica lugubris - Wikipedia

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   Formica lugubris, also known as the hairy wood ant is commonly found in wooded upland areas across northern Eurasia. Colonies construct large thatched mound nests occupied by thousands of workers, and one or more queens. [2]

7. Pissant - Wikipedia

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   A pissant, also seen as piss ant or piss-ant, refers to a specific type of ant. The word is also used as a pejorative noun or adjective, indicating insignificance. [1] The original pissant is any of a certain group of large ant species, commonly called wood ants, that make mounded nests in forests throughout most of Europe. [2]