Ants Don't Like Heat Either

August was a toasty month in LA.  I was hanging out at a friends house in Gardena and they had just gotten a mini invasion of ants.  Odd... Then sure enough, a few days later in my apartment about 5 miles closer to the beach was also invaded by ants.  A similar ant invasion happened in 2007 in another apartment I lived in, and again, it was another hot time of year.  So, the best I can figure is the ants are just looking for a cooler place to hang out.  I did seal up all the holes in the walls I found them coming through though... there are still a few stragglers, but it has cut down the number of ants from a few hundred to a dozen or so.