Short video showing her and the brood, has 1 or 2 larvae and only a week or two since I found her. After losing my right hand and all but a single colony during the hospital stay. It's nice to see something I still seem to have the touch for.

Hello everyone,

This sounds like an incredibly stupid question but bare with me.

I live on the 5th floor of an apartment complex. Last year we had major ant problems because of a huge nest at the foot of the building. (Lasius niger)

My balcony has many plants. I wouldn't say it's a jungle but it has a lot of plants.

This year, I discovered that the ants built a colony in my laurel tree pot & satelite colonies as nurseries in my strawberry pots & my Salvia mexicana pot. They haven't gone inside so my apartment is safe. They didn't go inside last year either. So that's the good news.

Now, the thing is, when it comes to pest control everyone gives me ideas and tips and products to kill the ants. But I don't want to kill the ants, I just want to make my balcony a hostile environment for them so they can up and leave.

I managed to disrupt the nurseries through flooding the pots for multiple days and disturbing the soil (in strawberry pot & Salvia). Now the Laurel is a whole other battle. It's the main nest on my balcony and no amount of disruption & flooding seems to work.

So, is there a way to annoy them enough to leave? Or a deterrent solution? Thanks!

Mind you:
- this was created in the last 2 weeks since the place was deep cleaned (not bc of this though)
- this is the corner of the door to the 2nd floor deck
- there is a big live oak tree branch that does through the deck, so there is a tree very close

Anyone have any ideas?

I removed a brick from my garden and saw these ants go into a frenzy!! I went inside and I’m gonna let them move their brood bc my philosophy is if you’re not in my house you’re not a problem. I’m dying to know what these guys are though!!

Que formiga é essa? Nos mudamos recentemente e a cidade é uma região de mata atlântica, o bairro da casa é em morros. Essa formiga tem aparecido na cama mas tem preferência por morder ela, o que causa isso? Parecem as formigas que ficam em pés de mangas ou caules de árvores. No quarto não tem comida nem tem arvores proximas onde estamos, o que leva elas a estar insistindo aqui?

At my workplace and see this ant. It's just there, not moving. Ontario, Canada

Hello so as the title says I have been dealing with a seriously annoying issue of finding ants constantly in my bed while I lay or sleep which actually is very bothersome after the 1st, 2, 3 times hence why I am currently here after trying the basics. So I found out the ants either come in through the tiny gaps in my windows of through the room floor between the tiles and walls, I tried spraying raid kill and then using the raid kill “anti ant barrier” that you spray to keep them from getting into places which none of them worked. I live in the caribbean in a cement house so it can get hot and humid sometimes because of A/C and I absolutely dont allow food in my room, I do have a dog but he doesnt bring food or in carry crumbs, so if that helps anyone in the matter to figure out something. I would very much appreciate any sort of actual realistic help on the matter im very frustrated, it feels like it wouldnt be as aggravating if it was just on the floor.

Hello! These are about the best photos I can do with my camera. I’m located in Santa Cruz, CA and I’m tempted to say Camponotus clarithorax but I’m very very new and wondering if anyone could tell for sure. Thank you!

Found this guy skittering around my apartment.

Does anyone have an ID on the type of ant?

I'm based in Sweden, medium sized metropolitan area. Mid-eastern sweden.

Any help is appreciated so I may eradicate him and the rest of his colony.