Household ants live in moist wood inside and outside of your business and create additional remote nests in all sorts of places like hollow doors and insulation. Household Ants are often mistaken in their winged stage as termites. Their body is different and their waste line is constricted giving them a more hourglass shape. They are often seen outside in a swarm as are termites. Some of these ants build mounds outside, hide in the house behind countertops or in baseboards (moldings) and some even like moist decaying wood. These ants eat starch, meats, fats, sweets and aphid honeydew. Most ants are just a plain nuisance and cause little damage. Generally there is no disease associated with ants although Pharaoh ants can transmit diseases such as staph in hospitals.