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Sep 5, 2026

Why the ants came back in three weeks

Because the spray killed the ones you saw, and nothing else.

A colony is mostly underground. Surface spray reaches the foragers, not the nest.

Bait works slower and better: the foragers carry it home and feed it to everyone.

Store-bought sprays can even split a colony, which is how one trail becomes three.