The Man Who Liked Ants

Written by Leslie Charteris

Copyright 1940

First published in the magazine called Double Detective (Dec. 1937) then in The Saint's Choice (V2 - 1945), The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Jun. 1953), 2 issues of The Saint Detective Magazine (AUS - Feb. 1956 & UK - Apr. 1956) and as The Saint and the Man Who Liked Ants in The Saint Mystery Magazine (US - Jul. 1960). Also published in the collections The Happy Highwayman, The Saint Two In One, The Saint At Large, The Fantastic Saint, and The Second Saint Omnibus.
The Saint does not know what to do when he comes across a mad scientist interested in getting giant ants to take over the world.