Ants
Why are ants in my bathroom?
Bathroom ants are usually drinking, not nesting in the toothpaste. Odorous house ant and Pharaoh ant use pipe chases. A dripping supply line is the buffet. Dry the room, seal the pipe gap with copper mesh and caulk, and bait the trail — not a fogger in a wet bath.
Pharaoh ants are a special case
Pharaoh ant split colonies when you spray them. In hospitals and apartments that is a professional baiting job. Do not bomb a bathroom.
Species pages
The question is only the field note. Control sequence, legal notes, and identification live on the species article.
Odorous house ant
Tapinoma sessile
Crush one and you may smell rotten coconut. Odorous house ants nest in wall voids, mulch, and under siding…
Pharaoh ant
Monomorium pharaonis
Pharaoh ants are tiny, yellowish, and famous for budding: spray a trail and you create many new colonies…
Ghost ant
Tapinoma melanocephalum
Ghost ants have dark heads and pale, translucent legs and abdomens. They nest in tiny moist voids — plant…
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