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Last year when we were still in our apt, I noticed in the spring that the various sidewalks around the apt complex seemed to always be host to "crazy ants" (they are a type of ant). I'd seen and heard of them before, but they were everywhere which I hadn't experienced. We got a bunch of rain, and after the rain, I started to notice ants in our apt (on the 5th floor). I got some of the ant bait where you put a clear drop of thick fluid down where the ants seem to hang out, and that gets them. I'd put a few drops in a few spots and within a day or two, the ants would go away. They'd be gone for a few days or a week or two. They'd come back and I'd put more drops down. I think I had to put drops down 5-10 times over the course of a few months, but then they stopped coming back. I feel like it had to do with frequent rains driving the ants to try to avoid the wet environment. Of course, in Cali, that's probably not an issue.