ICK!

[siercia]

So, we've had this relatively minor any problem. They were around last summer, and returned this year. We would kill a couple a day, and if we were foolish and left anything sugary out (they LOVE the remnants of iced coffee, we'd get a mild swarm of them. But there weren't to many of them, and all the research I had done seemed to indicate that small colonies don't generally cause a great deal of structural damage, so I wasn't too worried about it.

Until today.

Today, there were gross swarms of HUGE winged ones, crawling out from around the front door, and from under the siding on the corner of the house. And I noticed a bunch of smaller worker ants doing what looked like egg/larva minding on one of the bushes near the house. These things were seriously gross. And from what I'm looking at, could be a sign that we have a bigger colony than I would have thought.

So, looks like it may be time to call an exterminator next week. Joy.