By Lindsay Smith
From The Wichita Eagle
Summertime is quickly approaching, and while people may be hoping to spend more time outdoors, one insect could be paying a visit inside.
Many parts of the country are home to multiple species of ant, including carpenter, pavement, ghost and acrobat ants, just to name a few.
Professor Raymond Cloyd, Ph.D. with Kansas State University’s Department of Entomology, said ants are active almost year-round even in colder climates, from spring to early winter.
“They’re active in the spring when the reproductive swarmers come out … the males die … the females start laying eggs,” Cloyd said. “That occurs again in the fall, early winter time, but ants … can be active all year-round, depending on the environmental conditions.”…