Mastodawn

I love it when people share photos of their ant infestation with me. It always feels like they think I might know some prominent ant in that particular colony and be able to email them or something "listen, ya'll need to get out of Tony's BBQ, he's on the verge of firing it up without letting you move out first."

Like I'm responsible for all of the ants, and I'm their ambassador or something. I mean... it's a little true. But, the ants will do what they want. They will get into everything.

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myrmepropagandist Mar 25

And when I say "I love it" I'm not being sarcastic, although I do find it kind of funny.

"Look what YOUR ants are doing!"

Please don't get mad I'll ask them stop, I'm certain we can work this out somehow...

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WearyBonnie

@futurebird
My late grandpa-in-law used to leave a bit of fruitcake on the indoors windowsill as an offering to the ants, so that the ants would have no need to venture further info the kitchen 😊
It seemed to work for him, but I'm sure if I tried it, it would just result in a lot more ants everywhere. I half believe the English ants are a bit magical, like Tolkien creatures.