Meaning
The tiny ants that swarm anything sweet — appearing as if from nowhere the moment sugar, syrup, a soft drink, or a dropped sweet is left out. A constant small nuisance of the kitchen and pantry, sugar ants find the smallest spill in minutes, which is why the sugar is kept in a sealed tin and the condensed-milk tin gets covered.
Examples
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Sugar ants swarm di condense milk tin.
Sugar ants swarmed the condensed-milk tin.
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Cover di sugar so di sugar ants nuh get in.
Cover the sugar so the sugar ants don't get in.
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Di sweetie drop an sugar ants find it one time.
The sweet dropped and sugar ants found it at once.
Origin
From 'sugar' (what they seek) + 'ant'; the tiny sweet-seeking ants. See [[fire-ant]], [[ants]].
How it’s used
The tiny ants that swarm sweet things. See [[fire-ant]], [[ants]].