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Yes, they are bad. I got some Terra something (red clear contains borax) at Home Depot. Cut the plastic off the traps and set out. In a couple days ants were gone.

Then there were some in the dining room, a lot. Put some more traps out and haven't seen any more. Tons of dead ones in the traps.

Then I saw just a few in the kitchen in the cat food bowl. So I filled a large glass cake pan with a little water and float my cat's wet and dry cat food. Haven't seen any more there.

Now the last 3 nights there have been some way back by my computer (I sit and eat sometimes). I got bit and killed the little bugger. Then i picked up some cheese (I burned that pizza) that fell off on the floor and ants were swarming, hit them and threw the cheese outside.

Now I've had just a couple each day. Have been bitten again a few times and squashed the little devils. They are kind of hard to catch sometimes.

So I will set some more stuff out if it persists.

You have to get something the ants will give to each other and carry back to the nest to kill the queen or you can't get rid of them very easily.

Food grade diatomaceous earth is supposed to work, better than trying to burn them and yourself. If they are fire ants, it's worse of course. I saw a video of pouring molten aluminum in the nest. We don't have those where I am thankfully.