How can you keep such pests as flies, cockroaches, stinging insects, and ants from becoming a nuisance and potential health threat to you and your picnic basket? Following good food safety practices and a healthy dose of common sense before, during, and after an outdoor meal can protect you, your family, and your guests.

The key to keeping your home and living environment pest-free is to take the fight to pests on the exterior of your house. That battleground can be found right outside the front or back door in your yard.

One of the most commonly encountered – and annoying – pests that homeowners must deal with is the Argentine ant.