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Homes & Gardens
Kayleigh Dray

Rasberry crazy ants and how to control them in your yard – experts reveal how to get rid of these disruptive pests

Bright and colorful borders in an RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden in 2024.

Rasberry crazy ants (scientifically known as Nylanderia fulva) are one of the more recent and frustrating invasive critters to make their presence known in US gardens, so it makes good sense to arm yourself with the natural pest control methods that will keep them at bay.

First identified in Texas in the early 2000s, these ants earned their typo-coded name due to their erratic, frenzied movements and the man who helped document them: exterminator Tom Rasberry. Since then, they have spread across the southern United States, forming sprawling supercolonies.

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