Help! Ants in my ibook!

Can somebody please tell me what to do when ants invade your ibook? Today I discovered black ants really love my clamshell. I was so angry. This is the first time I've experienced something like this and this is my second laptop! They were everywhere. On the screen and coming out of every port and air vents and even the keyboard! I think they may have fled the scene as they were crawling out to get away from the heat but still. I wonder if anymore are still in there and how do I find out? Do I take it to a repair center or send it to an apple technician? Do I remove the keyboard at my own risk and see if the little boogers are still in there? I don't see any more, but it's got me so paranoid I keep checking to see if any more are going to crawl out. Any suggestions would be useful! And I don't eat near it and I always wipe the keyboard off so I don't know what they were thinking! They better not have built a nest. It seems to be working fine.

Hello Indigo Queen and Welcome To Apple Discussions!
Well, this is not something I have ever heard of before. I had a huge wasp in my clamshell, building a nest on the USB port... but your problem sounds more serious. I would lift the keyboard up and see if any are visible.
I don't know what else to tell you. I may just see if any others crawl out or are visible, then I may suggest bringing it in somewhere for a cleaning.
Hope this helps, and I hope no more ants raid your clamshell!
-Brian

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