The ants are a significant threat to the island’s endemic population of red crabs, displacing the crustaceans from their burrows or even killing them as they pass by ant nests during their ...

Carpenter ants like soft, wet wood. That’s where the “carpenter” comes from. They burrow intricate tunnels by chewing through the wood and leaving the residue behind as sand-sized particles.

DEAR BRIAN: Ants don’t care whether the soil is soft or hard, they’re going to do what they do. Considering that most of the ...