Little.. fucking... bastards. They've been mildly annoying recently but my interest in them has tipped the balance in their favour, so I haven't really minded the odd little trail down my wall and out the window. They usually disappear within an afternoon anyway.. But this morning I needed to scan a few composition sketches to email to a client(love that word, makes me feel like such a pro), so I opened it up, and low and behold.... ants fucking EVERYWHERE, along with their little egg/larvae/pupae things.. The last 2 hours have been spent trying to get rid of the little fuckers, it has been like mission impossible. Nothing like a few thousand harmless and miniscule moving things to make you feel so hopelessly out of control that your mind starts to tear at the seams... and I thought I was good at feeling out of control Anyway, most of em are gone, few little fuckers crawling around still, but mission success... sorry ants, I like you, but you overstepped your boundaries. I feel like a giant Hitler. Lets hear your ant stories.
You have to go for the antenna....they're helpless without Them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SnL2auGFwo"]Them - Giant ants attack guy rescuing kids. - YouTube
I can smell red ants when they swarm or if I dig into a nest... Smells like citronella of all things.
Sometime in middle school I moved into a house that was run down and honestly unlivable. When we first moved there we were dealing with a mouse infestation. After a few months, we were able to relocate most of the rodents. As soon as summer rolled around we had an ant infestation. I woke up one morning, went to the kitchen, and saw the floor and countertop writhing with ants. Ugh. Someone had left out a bag of popcorn overnight. My mother had to vacuum them all up. I still remember them filling the vacuum, making the insides look like a squirming pile of blackness. We used to find them everywhere that summer: in the kitchen, in packages of food, under our beds, bathroom shower. UGH. Seeing ants still makes me stomach turn. That house provided one strange pestilence after another.
Haha, I can imagine that must have been a pretty intense movie when it first came out.. And good to know about the vaseline, thank you sir :2thumbsup: They're usually a lot worse, pretty chilled out this year. Before I moved back over here and I was on holiday, they were literally over EVERYTHING. Couldn't leave any food out for more than 10 minutes(which happens more than I would have thought) before there was a solid line of little troopers scurrying back and forth from said food stuff. Crazy little dudes, really amazing form of life.. probably the insect I have the most respect for. Not the chocolate covered ones though Edit: YFM: Ja.. hectic. Relentless, and incredibly efficient.
Some kinds of ant are quite interesting. Leaf Cutter ants are one of the few non human species that engage in growing their own food. Some types have what look very much like wars of annihilation. Hopi Indian myths say that the ant people gave shelter to the humans when one of the previous rounds of creation was being dissolved. They went without food so the people could eat, and that's why ants have a thin waist. Perhaps. Either way they are cool, although they can be a nuisance if they come inside your house.
I only ever had ants in the house one time. There was a jar of honey that ended up being put it the cupboard with a few drips on the outside. The ants were very pleased to find it. Once I cleaned the jar and the shelf I did not find anymore after a couple of days. I think they gave up.
I once sat on an ants nest when I was small and playing in my grandfather's vegetable patch.They all stung me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD1kH1qbkxo"]Tree Hugger - Antsy Pants; Kimya Dawson (with lyrics) - YouTube
I saw a survival film where they got the little white eggs and cooked them. Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMGzkt97mH0"]Ray Mears Demonstrations - Wood Ants Nest for Orientation and Food - YouTube
Its a little early yet and there’s still plenty of snow on the ground but in a couple of weeks the annual invasion of the carpenter ants will begin. Big motherfuckers too hotwater
We came home one night from a night out and found big ants had built a nest in the plastic thing in the bottom of the shade. The ants were everywhere on the wall in the shade. We sprayed them all then the wife wouldn't sleep in the bed because it was a foot away from the window Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I think ants are pretty nifty. I like how they run into each other and their antenna feel one another it's so cute my girl and I copy this with our peace sign fingers. We tap each other's fingertips when in a crowd and to us it's an understanding that all is okay when we do this.
Personally, I love ants. Very unique insect, and from what I have seen I would have to say they truly are very intelligent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDK3IT29uoQ"]Empire of the Ants (1977) trailer - YouTube Sieg your own hiel you fucking murderer!!!!! :smilielol5:
Twice a year I declare what I call "insect holocaust" where I spray and spray and ant sand and ant sand my entire dwelling. I loathe insects, creepy crawlies and spiders so this keeps them at bay. On the downside I know after I start they all come out of the hiding holes and then fall dead nearby on the ground. I know birds then feed on them. I've seen some pretty gnarly birdshits over the years, I hope I'm not poisoning them too. :rofl:
We live in an area that is a many miles wide, thousands of years old, stink ant complex of colonies. It is futile to try and get rid of them, the best you can hope for is to keep them out of the house as best as possible. As I type this I have the occasional scout go meandering over the desk, and the little suckers smell like kerosene when you kill them. They infiltrate our house every time it rains or get's over about 80 degrees. here is a tip, if one of the little buggers is on you, flick him off, don't slap or squish him. If he releases an alarm pheromone, you will have those little fuckers sniffing that shit out and come bite you in that exact same friggin" spot!!!! I had that happen one day and got bit by one every ten minutes or so for over an hour.:cuss: Damn foundation slab is cracked so it's virtually impossible to keep them out, unless I want to spend a ton of $$$ fixing the foundation.
