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Dead ants.
One last post before I go do chores.
As soon as the last bunch of rains stopped, I started seeing ants in my bathroom. I saw a couple crawling around aimlessly, nothing to freak on. But pretty soon I saw dead ones. Dead ones on my counter, in my sink, in my candle, on other items on the counter. I found 10 in one evening on the counter area, all dead in random places. The next day I noticed there were at least 10 in the bathtub, and then I saw them everwhere else - the floor, stuck in tiny cobwebs in the corners, and even a few where the wall meets the ceiling (their favorite hang out, usually). They just keep coming. I keep cleaning, and they keep showing up. I saw one die - it was crawling ever so slowly, flailing its antennae - and it just stopped. Yeah, it's kinda freaking me out. I haven't sprayed ant killer in there for months, and I've had random "healthy" ants since. I thought they may be eating something in the medicine cabinet, but no. So of course I think it has to do with the recent rains. But they didn't show up until after the sky cleared. My entirely-invented-no-basis-in-fact concept is that during the rains, these guys were battling their asses off, trying to save their swamped home. After the rain stopped, their programming told them it was ok to take some time to look for food, but by then, they were sapped. Plus, their homestead was destroyed and all food stores (do these kind of ants store food) were gone. Tragic, isn't it? And I really, really hate our ants, since they just won't go away. But now, as I wash my face and take out my contacts in what is essentially an ant graveyard, I feel kind of bad for them.
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I hate ants. We get them every so often. Always someplace weird and completely devoid of discernable food sources. Cats won't eat 'em. The ants just march back and forth in a line. And if it's in a carpeted area I don't notice until it looks like the carpet's moving. Having ants inside makes me feel like I have a dirty home and I hate that. I've never had flocks of dead ones, though. That's spooky!
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CP -- As you already know, I feel ya!
I'm having a similar problem. Though I don't see them dying a torturous death, I have noted I haven't seen more than 10 at a time. Usually 5 at a time. I don't know what's going on with the ants. Maybe someone here does.
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We've had an insane antfestation since the rain began, they calmed down since it stopped. Everywhere! In everything except food (weird.) I do not feel bad for the dead ant.
Remember that Aardvark cartoon that used to be paired with the Pink Panther cartoons? Wasn't his theme song,"Dead ant, dead ant, dead ant dead ant dead ant, dead ant, dead aaaaant, dead ant dead ant?" Or was that just my personal 3rd grade parody?
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What did the Pink Panther say when he stepped on an ant? dead ant, dead ant, dead ant, dead ant, dead ant, dead, ant, etc.. Ah, simpler times. |
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I was totally thinking that, Gn!
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Hehe, the dead ant, dead ant joke has been around forever. And the Aardvark/Ant cartoons were paired up with the Pink Panther cartoons. But they didn't do the dead ant dead ant joke. Weird.
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I had that same thing happen to me. One morning my bathroom is crawling with ten or so ants. But when I walked into my apartment that same evening, I was struck by the unmistakable smell of death! I dashed into the bathroom, my heart pounding at a furious rate, and found the ants ... still alive. I sighed with relief. The ants seemed surprised to see me -- and in truth I usually get home much later. As it turns out the smell of death was coming from my neighbor's apartment. And all this time we thought he went to Europe. Certainly it explained the screaming we used to hear. But my point is this, what if it had been the ants? Yet, here I am once again making this all be me. Let's get back to your problem: What if the ants simply came to see you because they enjoyed your company? Had you thought of that? Perhaps, they were struck by your natural beauty. Or, maybe they used the excuse of the getting out the rain to simply watch you shower. It's true! I've seen it happen. Anyway, I don't want to sound like a broken record, but no matter what you may personally think of ants, the fact is that ants like us! Its true! If they didn't --- they certainly would have killed us by now. The ants have the means and the power to do so at a moments notice. Yet, they don't. What stops them? I'll tell you --- LOVE. Ants = Love. Hate them if you so choose. I can't stop you ... I can only educate.
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When GusGus and I lived in Rancho Cucamonga, our complex was built on the grounds of old grape vineyards. Ants were just a way of life. WARNING!!! Gross out story ahead. When I was in college, we were renting a house. There were several half wine barrels out front that had been planters previously (but by the time we got there they were just filled with dirt). The owner decided to do some clean-up one day and we were helping him. I decided to remove the wine barrels. I started by knocking the sides off (fairly easy since time and nature had already done most of the work). The I drove a shovel right into the middle of the remaining dirt pile. When I did that, it appeared that I had hit an oil line. The ants were so thick, that it looked like a a black liquid flowing out. As I broke that dirt pile down more, I came to discover that the entire mound of dirt was a giant ant farm. I have never seen so many ants in one place in my life. Gave me the heebie-jeebies for a few nights.
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