Day or night? By day I have ant mounds everywhere, must be careful where I stand and can't weed to long around them. By night the blood suckers drive you inside as soon as the sun sets. I live in a swamp and no chemical counter measures will stop them. I don't garden in the dark (normally) so no ants would be nice, but I can work around the ants whereas there's no escaping the mosquitoes. Tough call.