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A little while ago, the back side of my house was covered, peppered like a plague, with caterpillars and they kept trying to get inside. Due to the sheer numbers, some did manage to get in, and I found cocoons in in weird places all over the house which I then put outside. One particular large tree out back has huge cocoons, and I suppose the wind was blowing all these crawlies all over the back wall of the house. Anyway, for several days straight, I would go out there with a flyswatter and scoop them onto it, and then that turned into a dustpan, and I carried loadfuls back over to the tree. I would get most of them cleared off, and then the next day, more would all be back again somehow. Now, the crisis haha is over and there's lots of butterflies around.
As for ants, fuck 'em, especially if it means stirring up bullshit with a neighbor, but, of course, the neighbor should have checked with you first. Ants were around before humans and will be around after humans are gone; they are certainly in no danger of becoming extinct. A couple times a year, I'll notice a few ants getting in, and I'll spray all around the area outside with poison which puts an end to it. For the ones inside, I just wet a paper towel and collect them on that; obviously, I know better than to spray poison indoors. I also use Roundup to kill weeds growing through the stones on my back patio and around my walkway.
My tolerance for ants is fairly low, and I can't stand flies either. If one happens to sneak in, I'll use the flyswatter on it immediately. I get a good number of spiders and moths, and (at times) loads of crickets in my house and I just collect those (& other miscellaneous bugs) in a tissue, throw them outside, place the tissue in the toilet, and flush it later.
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