There are a wide array of other ants besides carpenter ants, winter ants and fire ants – Massachusetts has plenty. Meet the ...

Behold, the tiny-but-mighty odorous house ant. Known by many names — Tapinoma sessile, sugar ant, “a darn nuisance” — odorous house ants are likely the tiny insects that residents ...

When an insect has the nick-name of "odorous house ant," you know it's smelly. This ant's scent has been described as blue cheese, rancid butter, or cleaning solution. Inquiring science minds ...

They infiltrate homes in large numbers, so the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) wants to urge homeowners to take ...

The most common type of ant that people find in their homes on the East Coast and in the Midwest is called the odorous house ant, and when squished, it releases a pheromone that smells like blue ...

The ant species in question, the odorous house ant (Tapinoma sessile), may have evolved for life in some of the tightest spots in the forest, but once it moves into our comparatively roomy ...

Odorous house ants - so called because they tend to invade houses and smell like coconut when smashed - have found their way to Hawaii. And, according to entomologists, it doesn't seem as though ...

If you live in the United States, you've probably seen an odorous house ant (Tapinoma sessile) – one of the most common ants in the country. And for more than 50 years they've been described as ...

“The real problem ants are things like the odorous house ant, which some people call the sugar ant,” he said. “Those are non-native. They come from Europe and they live between board ...

Odorous house ants are a tiny but mighty nuisance, and they’re thriving here in Seattle. And if you want to keep them out of your living spaces, killing them on sight isn’t enough. Seattle Times ...