Tvini Doolittle
So a while back, I threw away a lollipop stick in the bathroom trash. (You have five year olds, you have sweet sticky things everywhere. Often including the five year old.) It attracted ants. I scrubbed the bathroom and lay out some borax, so they moved into the computer room, where a couple of stray honey-o’s had been left on the floor. So I cleaned the computer room and they marched into the kitchen, where they found the brown sugar, peanut butter, you name it. So I cleaned the kitchen and set out traps, and after many days, they were gone.
Four days ago was the last confirmed ant sighting.
So today I do the dishes, which have piled up to a disgraceful degree now that I don’t have to worry about the ants anymore. I clean the counter, and move some of the little boxes of stuff at the rear of the counter aside, and what do I find?
Mouse droppings. AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!
What. The. Hell! Did the ants subcontract out? Did they hire someone who could chew through boxes for them? And why is it still here? We have cats! Did we train them too well not to go on the counter, or are they just lazy and fat? Scratch that, they’re just lazy and fat. Perhaps if the mouse saunters between their paws and does a little dance, they’ll take care of it, but otherwise, I think we’re on our own.
So we’ll put out a Hav-A-Hart trap and set it free in the woods a ways from our house. Then perhaps the animals will pool their resources and hire a rat. Followed, I predict, by a mongoose and possibly a bear.
Grrrrrr.
ETA: I was just doing a puzzle on the living room floor with my daughter. An ant crawled across it. Great.
New project: place two panes of glass close to each other and fill with dirt. You’ll need to place the ends in 2x4s or something, of course.
Next: buy cage, those wood shreddings, a wheel that turns, and a bottle with a ball bearing on the end.
now you can teach your child about the wonders of insects and rodents
New project: place two panes of glass close to each other and fill with dirt. You’ll need to place the ends in 2x4s or something, of course.
Next: buy cage, those wood shreddings, a wheel that turns, and a bottle with a ball bearing on the end.
now you can teach your child about the wonders of insects and rodents
It’s the day for ants. I found a mess of them in my dogs empty food dish this morning. I’m pretty sure I sprayed a good quarter of my kitchen floor with some sort of ant-be-gone goo and closed the area off so my pets couldn’t get to it. I’m so looking forward to cleaning up dead ant bodies tonight, which is such an exciting activity for a Friday night.
It’s the day for ants. I found a mess of them in my dogs empty food dish this morning. I’m pretty sure I sprayed a good quarter of my kitchen floor with some sort of ant-be-gone goo and closed the area off so my pets couldn’t get to it. I’m so looking forward to cleaning up dead ant bodies tonight, which is such an exciting activity for a Friday night.
But what do I do when the mongoose arrives with a little crowbar and lockpick?
But what do I do when the mongoose arrives with a little crowbar and lockpick?
We have a human/ant feud going on into its third year.
We hates the little bastards, yessss we do. Problem is, our house is crap so we can’t board and bomb up most of their entry points. Instead, we battle in the field; among other things we poison intruders, in the hopes they’ll trail the anthr..I mean bug poison back to their home base. It’s all very WWII, only without the horrific concentration cam… :stops and looks at the little cell-like ant-traps: Shit.
Little ant Israelis are going to come and take me away. And I was only following orders.
Gods, now I feel guilty.
We have a human/ant feud going on into its third year.
We hates the little bastards, yessss we do. Problem is, our house is crap so we can’t board and bomb up most of their entry points. Instead, we battle in the field; among other things we poison intruders, in the hopes they’ll trail the anthr..I mean bug poison back to their home base. It’s all very WWII, only without the horrific concentration cam… :stops and looks at the little cell-like ant-traps: Shit.
Little ant Israelis are going to come and take me away. And I was only following orders.
Gods, now I feel guilty.
Heh. But here’s the difference. They started it! They invaded you! You were only defending your territory!
Be sure to tell that to the tribunal.
Heh. But here’s the difference. They started it! They invaded you! You were only defending your territory!
Be sure to tell that to the tribunal.
At least you don’t have Big Evil Bugs (Texans will know precisely what I’m talking about, as will many southerners, most likely).
On the plus side, I’m damn good at killing one from across the room with a thrown clog.
Thankfully, no recent sightings. The poison must be working.
At least you don’t have Big Evil Bugs (Texans will know precisely what I’m talking about, as will many southerners, most likely).
On the plus side, I’m damn good at killing one from across the room with a thrown clog.
Thankfully, no recent sightings. The poison must be working.
LOL
Yes, yes we know all about BEBs in Texas. 🙂
Latest invasion critter around here is some type of cricket/grasshopper hybrid. The legs on the thing are huge like a grasshopper’s, but the color is very distinctly cricket.
*shudders* Those things just creep me out. I, too, have mastered the art of bug squishing from afar.
LOL
Yes, yes we know all about BEBs in Texas. 🙂
Latest invasion critter around here is some type of cricket/grasshopper hybrid. The legs on the thing are huge like a grasshopper’s, but the color is very distinctly cricket.
*shudders* Those things just creep me out. I, too, have mastered the art of bug squishing from afar.
Re: LOL
I spent a summer in Columbia, South Carolina, living in a room in a woman’s house. The work I was doing (intern for South Carolina Public TV) was great, but the living conditions were terrible. One morning I woke up and rolled over to get a drink of water. A palmetto bug had drowned itself in my cup over night. I had to brush my teeth about twenty times. (shudder)
Re: LOL
I spent a summer in Columbia, South Carolina, living in a room in a woman’s house. The work I was doing (intern for South Carolina Public TV) was great, but the living conditions were terrible. One morning I woke up and rolled over to get a drink of water. A palmetto bug had drowned itself in my cup over night. I had to brush my teeth about twenty times. (shudder)