Ant control
Getting rid of an ant trail — and the colony behind it.
The ants you see are a small fraction of the colony, which is why store-bought sprays often scatter them without solving anything. Effective ant control targets the nest and the trail, not just the visible line on the counter.
Carpenter ants are a separate concern, because they tunnel into wood and can signal a moisture problem worth checking.
Nest and trail, not the line on a Lexington counter
A trail on a Lexington counter is the central Kentucky ant call already on this host, not the colony. Store-bought spray scatters the foragers you can see and misses the nest; the live page says effective control targets both the trail and the colony behind it. Carpenter ants are called out separately here because they tunnel into wood and can signal a moisture problem worth checking — they are not a substitute for the year-round subterranean-termite risk across the Bluegrass. This site refers the call; it does not bait the trail.