# Sudden infestation of very large ants. Help! **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-infestation-of-very-large-ants-help/1032783 **Category:** In My Humble Opinion **Created:** [September 3, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-infestation-of-very-large-ants-help/1032783 "2026-09-03T02:00:35Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 15
### Author: ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense) #### Post date: [September 3, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-infestation-of-very-large-ants-help/1032783/15 "2026-09-03T15:21:54Z")
A recent thread: > [@Ants! (parenthetical used to reach minimum topic length)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-parenthetical-used-to-reach-minimum-topic-length/1032241): > > After leaving us pretty much alone so far this summer, the local ants this morning mounted a full-scale home invasion. The formicid fiends attacked multiple targets from multiple ingresses seemingly simultaneously. Are they coordinating efforts now?! The dogs’ food bowl – and water bowl! – were the worst hit, but an (I admit) poorly swept kitchen floor, the scrap collector, and both bathrooms also saw brutal action. I don’t know or even want to speculate what they’re after in the bathrooms. Wha… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-infestation-of-very-large-ants-help/1032783)._