I came home today to find my bedroom infested with ANTS!

I came home today to find my bedroom infested with ANTS!
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answer:Have you been eating in bed or dribbling crumbs around the room. Ants can sniff out a small bread crumb from 20 yards away? You do need to find out how they are entering the house. And you could do a serious vacuuming every hour day.
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