Does killing ants attract more?
Yes, killing ants is likely to attract more ants from the nearby colony. Ants communicate through smells. They emit different chemicals that produce different scents to send different signals. The alarm pheromone is the strongest and travels fastest and farthest, prompting other ants to act immediately. Do ants stop coming if you kill them? Cutting the description short, when you kill ants foraging in your home you decrease the number of ants returning to the nest doing that job.