I wonder if their alleged electrical sensitivity could be used against them?
It’s clearly a problem if they are building up in masses inside electrical equipment not designed to be filled with ants; but I’d imagine that designing a bug-zapper style system that puts off a very zesty electromagnetic field; but is also resistant to fouling by tiny electro-roasted ant corpses could thin their ranks with brutal efficiency…
Given that putting high-voltage devices (eg. UV sterilizers in air ducts) in maintenance shafts of various sorts is already done, some sort of combination attractant/deathcorecharnelslaughtermachine barrier at ingress points seems like a self evidently excellent idea, certain not to void your fire insurance!
