Ants

North Texas is home to dozens of ant species from fire ants in the lawn to carpenter ants in the walls. Pest Me Off provides targeted ant control across McKinney, Allen, Frisco, and Collin County TX.

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Tawny Crazy Ant (Rasberry Crazy Ant) on a concrete step beside leaf litter

Home/ Pest Articles/ Ants/ Tawny Crazy Ants in Texas Tawny Crazy Ants in Texas, and How to Tell Them From the Black Crazy Ant Ryan Beyer, President  ·  Pest Me Off  ·  McKinney, TX  ·  Updated October 2026 Ant Control Small ants running in every direction at once, too fast to follow, earn the name … Read more

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Little Black Ant (House Ant) on a concrete paver at the edge of the grass

Home/ Pest Articles/ Ants/ Little Black Ants Little Black Ants in the House, and Which Black Ant You Have Ryan Beyer, President  ·  Pest Me Off  ·  McKinney, TX  ·  Updated October 2026 Ant Control A small black ant in a Collin County home is usually one of three species, and each one needs a … Read more

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Fire Ant (Red Ant) on loose mound soil at the edge of a lawn

Home/ Pest Articles/ Ants/ Fire Ant Bites What Happens After Fire Ant Bites, What Helps and When to Worry Ryan Beyer, President  ·  Pest Me Off  ·  McKinney, TX  ·  Updated October 2026 Fire Ant Control A fire ant bite is really a bite and a sting. The ant grips the skin with its jaws … Read more

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Odorous House Ant (Stink Ant) on a kitchen counter beside spilled sugar

Home/ Pest Articles/ Ants/ Tiny Ants in the Kitchen Tiny Ants in the Kitchen, Sugar Ants or Odorous House Ants, and What Works Ryan Beyer, President  ·  Pest Me Off  ·  McKinney, TX  ·  Updated October 2026 Odorous House Ant Control “Sugar ants” is a nickname, not one kind of ant. In Collin County kitchens … Read more

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Eastern Subterranean Termite swarmer on concrete foundation wall beside mud tubes

Home/ Pest Articles/ Termites/ Carpenter Ants or Termites Carpenter Ants or Termites? How to Tell a Flying Ant From a Swarming Termite Ryan Beyer, President  ·  Pest Me Off  ·  McKinney, TX  ·  Updated October 2026 Termite Treatment Flying carpenter ants and flying termites show up in the same spring weeks, and three things tell … Read more

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Fire Ant (Red Ant) on loose mound soil at the edge of a lawn

Home/ Pest Articles/ Ants/ Fire Ant Treatment Fire Ant Treatment in McKinney, What Works and What It Costs Ryan Beyer, President  ·  Pest Me Off  ·  McKinney, TX  ·  Updated October 2026 Fire Ant Control Fire ant treatment works only if it reaches the queen, and everything else is detail. She lives down in a … Read more