I now have to recall my statement about ant baits. I made a statement in one of my last ant wars blog about how the ant baits don't work. You know the ones that you set out, put poisoned bait in, the ants come and eat and take it back to the nest, and they all die. Somehow, despite these baits being in the line of sight, smell, and trail for the super ants that attack our house, they constantly missed them. Until now...
For the past four or five days now, we have had a happy little trail of ants across our bathroom counter. Can anyone else say GROSS? DISGUSTING? I seriously cant even use the bathroom sink right now. However, the ants are supposed to bring death upon themselves by taking this bait back to the ant hill that is their haven and home and then kill them.
I honestly feel like I have opened my house up for them and given them a little spot that they can come and cruise to, have a good time, and if the bait hasn't killed them, maybe next time they will bring their girlfriends for a nice little snog. Ok, I know this isn't quite how it works, but it is disconcerting.
That being said, the stupid stuff is working, which is why I have to patiently wait out having an ant trail through my bathroom. Despite the ant death and carnage around them, the ants keep coming for the bait. While no one has suffered casualties on the people side of the war, there are some side affects... disgust, nausea, odd curiosity...
I have found out that ants do not like cinnamon, the powder annoys them and they will in general stay away from it. I have thus partially contained the ants by such a manner. The best side effect of putting cinnamon down is that it also gives the room a nice scent to it. The down side is I may always associate cinnamon and ants now, but that remains to be seen.
So for the count:
People lost: 0
Ants lost: hundreds, thousands, the specific count unknown
The battle field is ripe with death and carnage. (However, will be cleaned up very shortly - partially because it is gross and also we are having people over.)
Is the war over? We have yet to find out. If this works, there will be a party thrown in celebration of the loss of ants. For any out there that would like to mourn, we will have a moment of silence before we begin.
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Sunday, August 10, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
Ant Wars: The Dream
Dreams- They can be so many things. Our subconscious talking to us. Our mind sorting out the days or weeks activities. Perhaps they try to tell us something. Sometimes they are just plain silly. I am sure over my lifetime, I have had each of these.
Last night, I was adrift in the world of blissful sleep. My mind popping up pictures and stories for me to follow along with. A new world. I was off in a dream - that I was living in this rather nice house. A wide living room with sofas surrounding a nice sized coffee table. Above hung an electric candle like chandelier - not too fancy, a fairly casual one. I was in the kitchen cooking, I believe, when someone knocked on the door.
A group of girls and a couple of boys needed to use the bathroom or something. I am not really sure if in dream world I actually knew them or if I was just happy to let them enter my house. Regardless of why, I let them in. They also had a couple of dogs too. I placed out some nibbly food snacks for them while they waited, but as soon as I set them down on the table, I noticed them.... Ants! They were crawling and swarming all over the carpeted floor - the carpet which magically matched the ugly brown patchy carpet we have here! I looked down and they were on my hands and in the food.
I tried to tell the people to wait somewhere else, but they had already come in and the ants were starting to crawl on them and their dogs. Some ants were even falling down off of the chandelier! Nightmare Ant City! I don't know where they came from. I couldn't get to the bug spray. We just tried to get out. (Now these weren't exactly bite them and eat them type ants, even in the dream. No, they were the reality type ants just trying to find food, but still, groups of falling ants on you... what would you do?)
And then I woke up.
Seriously its sick that I dreamt about the stupid things. They should just stick to ruining my evening when they pop up, not my nice comfy dreams. Think if I start leaving a peace offering outside the house, they will start leaving me alone? You know, a pacifying offer. Probably not, they aren't the brightest. Maybe I can schedule an appointment with the Queen?.... No, they would never let me see her, as I have killed unnumbered amounts of her minions, they wouldn't risk it.
Ah,well then, I will just have to deal. Anyone else have ant dreams?
Disclaimer: If after reading this, you happen to have ant dreams, I take no responsibility. I cannot control where the little bug creatures go. If I could, they wouldn't be in my house - physical or dream - anymore. May the force be with you.
Last night, I was adrift in the world of blissful sleep. My mind popping up pictures and stories for me to follow along with. A new world. I was off in a dream - that I was living in this rather nice house. A wide living room with sofas surrounding a nice sized coffee table. Above hung an electric candle like chandelier - not too fancy, a fairly casual one. I was in the kitchen cooking, I believe, when someone knocked on the door.
A group of girls and a couple of boys needed to use the bathroom or something. I am not really sure if in dream world I actually knew them or if I was just happy to let them enter my house. Regardless of why, I let them in. They also had a couple of dogs too. I placed out some nibbly food snacks for them while they waited, but as soon as I set them down on the table, I noticed them.... Ants! They were crawling and swarming all over the carpeted floor - the carpet which magically matched the ugly brown patchy carpet we have here! I looked down and they were on my hands and in the food.
I tried to tell the people to wait somewhere else, but they had already come in and the ants were starting to crawl on them and their dogs. Some ants were even falling down off of the chandelier! Nightmare Ant City! I don't know where they came from. I couldn't get to the bug spray. We just tried to get out. (Now these weren't exactly bite them and eat them type ants, even in the dream. No, they were the reality type ants just trying to find food, but still, groups of falling ants on you... what would you do?)
And then I woke up.
Seriously its sick that I dreamt about the stupid things. They should just stick to ruining my evening when they pop up, not my nice comfy dreams. Think if I start leaving a peace offering outside the house, they will start leaving me alone? You know, a pacifying offer. Probably not, they aren't the brightest. Maybe I can schedule an appointment with the Queen?.... No, they would never let me see her, as I have killed unnumbered amounts of her minions, they wouldn't risk it.
Ah,well then, I will just have to deal. Anyone else have ant dreams?
Disclaimer: If after reading this, you happen to have ant dreams, I take no responsibility. I cannot control where the little bug creatures go. If I could, they wouldn't be in my house - physical or dream - anymore. May the force be with you.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Ant Wars: The Attack
As established in the last Ant Wars blog, ants are no fun. They swarm, they annoy, they generally are not welcome. Well lately, the ants not only have all of these qualities, but they have gone nuts as well. By nuts I mean crazy, insane, not well balanced, psycho.
Ok, it is normal to find ants trailing after something sweet that you just forgot to close the lid on all the way. Or it is normal for you to find ants trailing and swarming over a spot that perhaps a little unnamed kid touched after eating sweets and not getting their hands wiped off. It is normal to find ants going diligently after a spot where people may have spilled drink on your wall or squished cake into your floor....
However, it is NOT normal for these pesky little critters to swarm in random places.... the floor by our shoes? the counter that has been cleaned and wiped off? the door to the bedroom? the bathroom??? Seriously, these ants need therapy! I would love to help them... find someone else's home to torment or something, but they just don't seem to listen to me.
Now, it has been raining outside quite a bit, so perhaps their little homes are being flooded out... That might make sense, except that they don't seem to be trying to nest anywhere! No eggs, no food... I just don't get it.
Ants are not my friends. For any of you fools out there like me who buy the ant killing bait... You know the kind that is supposed to lure the ants to the bait and then they take home this poison food, and it is supposed to kill the ants in THEIR home (a huge benefit as you don't have to clean up the ants that have fallen in the war).... Well, they don't work! Or at least this one doesn't.
The ants that I mentioned on the counter... I thought 'What a chance, lets move one of those baits in here where they are swarming, and it should be helpful.' Did those little ants go towards that bait at all? NO! They completely ignore it. Its like they know, so you might think they were smart, but then again balance that with the swarms where nothing is.... Who knows!
So far the battle count is:
Ants-1
Household-9
Loss of life:
Ants - Too Many to Count
People - 0
Ok, it is normal to find ants trailing after something sweet that you just forgot to close the lid on all the way. Or it is normal for you to find ants trailing and swarming over a spot that perhaps a little unnamed kid touched after eating sweets and not getting their hands wiped off. It is normal to find ants going diligently after a spot where people may have spilled drink on your wall or squished cake into your floor....
However, it is NOT normal for these pesky little critters to swarm in random places.... the floor by our shoes? the counter that has been cleaned and wiped off? the door to the bedroom? the bathroom??? Seriously, these ants need therapy! I would love to help them... find someone else's home to torment or something, but they just don't seem to listen to me.
Now, it has been raining outside quite a bit, so perhaps their little homes are being flooded out... That might make sense, except that they don't seem to be trying to nest anywhere! No eggs, no food... I just don't get it.
Ants are not my friends. For any of you fools out there like me who buy the ant killing bait... You know the kind that is supposed to lure the ants to the bait and then they take home this poison food, and it is supposed to kill the ants in THEIR home (a huge benefit as you don't have to clean up the ants that have fallen in the war).... Well, they don't work! Or at least this one doesn't.
The ants that I mentioned on the counter... I thought 'What a chance, lets move one of those baits in here where they are swarming, and it should be helpful.' Did those little ants go towards that bait at all? NO! They completely ignore it. Its like they know, so you might think they were smart, but then again balance that with the swarms where nothing is.... Who knows!
So far the battle count is:
Ants-1
Household-9
Loss of life:
Ants - Too Many to Count
People - 0
Monday, July 14, 2008
Ant Wars: The Invasion
I don't know about you, but really up until this point, when I thought of ants, I thought of one of two things:
1. Mean looking nasty red fire ants and everyone hates because they bite.
or
2. The cutesy cartoon ants that are always trying to steal someones picnic at the park or perhaps that cute little movie that came out called Antz.
Well the little 'cute' ant idea is out of the bag. These stupid little BUGS are infesting my house. I seriously see at least one a day, and if by chance the honey doesn't get closed all the way, or the sugar, or .... or.... or.... It's Ant Party World 2008.
Finally we got to a point where we didn't see any ants or have any ants for a while.... But guess what? We made a comment about it, and apparently the ants were listening, because the next morning, Ant Fest all over again!
I used to not have much passion about killing ants or much care about them, but now, I am an ant killing machine. Is that normal?? I just love killing the little guys for invading my home, no more playing nice. Oh no sir. Raid is my friend.
Ants of the world, beware!
1. Mean looking nasty red fire ants and everyone hates because they bite.
or
2. The cutesy cartoon ants that are always trying to steal someones picnic at the park or perhaps that cute little movie that came out called Antz.
Well the little 'cute' ant idea is out of the bag. These stupid little BUGS are infesting my house. I seriously see at least one a day, and if by chance the honey doesn't get closed all the way, or the sugar, or .... or.... or.... It's Ant Party World 2008.
Finally we got to a point where we didn't see any ants or have any ants for a while.... But guess what? We made a comment about it, and apparently the ants were listening, because the next morning, Ant Fest all over again!
I used to not have much passion about killing ants or much care about them, but now, I am an ant killing machine. Is that normal?? I just love killing the little guys for invading my home, no more playing nice. Oh no sir. Raid is my friend.
Ants of the world, beware!
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