Recent questions tagged ants

Description : Even were they to exist, how deluded would you have to be to believe that praying to gods and demons would bear any fruit?

Last Answer : Assuming there is no alternative universe that the gods live in, the gods are limited to manipulations in the same universe that mortals live in. Why not try to make it as fair and equitable as possible? A superior being should have compassion for lesser beings.

Description : Could it be that we are totally wrong, and the Universe isn't as big as we think/say it is?

Last Answer : I think you are missing several orders of magnitude for a beach ball. More like micro organism and the size of the Sun.

Description : Do bugs make you poor? (Details )

Last Answer : answer:I have also never, to my knowledge seen a cockroach in a dwelling before. A lot of people who don't have enough money end up in places that are not kept up as well, or in places that ... the USA. But I am in the midwest, which surely makes a difference in what types of invaders are around.

Description : How can I stop an invasion of six-legged creatures?

Last Answer : answer:I spray them and the areas they've invaded with organic, white vinegar. Vinegar repels ants. Sometimes that works. When it doesn't, I resort to Raid colony-killing ant baits. Having some pet ... or anteaters would be another non-toxic approach, but setting that up is still in development. ;-)

Description : Ant behavior: will stray ants find and be accepted into new colonies?

Last Answer : I don’t think ants will be accepted by different colonies. I think once they are on their own they will live and die that way; probably fairly quickly without the resources provided by the nest.

Description : Are neighbors' ants our fault ?

Last Answer : answer:As a point of order, how does Terminix “trace” the ants. The neighbor’s real problem is their price is too high.

Description : Why do I feel itchy just being in the presence of ants?

Last Answer : The reason is because it is psychosomatic.

Description : Is there anything bizarre in the animal kingdom you want to share?

Last Answer : answer:Oh boy, have I got a website for you. I’m sorry if you don’t get anything productive done today. I am starting to wonder if the easier question to ask is “Is there anything boring in nature?” The weird just keeps on coming.

Description : Why don’t ants attack the bee’s honey?

Last Answer : answer:No escape hatch? You have 8 feet-wide swaths of ants in your garden?

Description : What would attract ants into the attic?

Last Answer : answer:Totally non professional opinion. If it were happening to me and there were really no problems in the main house I'd just go up there and spray all around the perimeter of the attic where they ... really dont want to go up there opt for just spraying around the top of your main living area.

Description : If someone asks a question about ants, do you imagine them crawling on your hands and legs?

Last Answer : Now it does. Thanks a lot.

Description : Help getting rid of ants in the bathroom!

Last Answer : answer:Easy peasy. Go to the store (any DIY or large-ish grocery should do) and get some Terro Liquid Ant killer. Tear off some cardboard squares (or use the provided ones in the box) and put a dab of ... of the wall & floor where you see the ants most often. Give it a few days - problem solved!

Description : Are you, or is someone close to you, allergic to insect bites or stings?

Last Answer : I have suffered from black fly bites; they itched for weeks and remain red and raised. But I am not officially allergic, just sensitive.

Description : Why do the ants in my friend's house always swarm the stretchy rubber gecko his son has?

Last Answer : Probably mistaking it for food.

Description : What happens to an ant colony when the queen dies?

Last Answer : They leave thier sand holes in the ground and find a new queen. Like civilizations millions of years ago.

Description : I came home today to find my bedroom infested with ANTS!

Last Answer : answer:Have you been eating in bed or dribbling crumbs around the room. Ants can sniff out a small bread crumb from 20 yards away? You do need to find out how they are entering the house. And you could do a serious vacuuming every hour day.

Description : Aunt/Auntie, Ant/Anty, Aint/Ainty...How do you address your Mother/Father's Sister?

Last Answer : I don’t communicate much with my aunt or my uncle, but I call them by their first name.

Description : What is the weirdest thing you've seen?

Last Answer : Myself in the shower naked. LOL

Description : If you squish an ant, why do his buddies take his body back to the nest?

Last Answer : answer:Well, to get the real down low you’d have to ask an ant I imagine. I like the idea that my community wouldn’t leave me mouldering on the roadside. I believe some species cannibalize their dead comrades, or the queen sends them to the nursery for the little grubby ants. lol

Description : Maybe it's just me, but doesn't it seem like ants aren't nasty-gross like cockroaches and flies?

Last Answer : It’s their PR firm. They do a great job with keeping their image pristine. Cockroaches are, well, cockroaches. The ones in the south are really horrible. They’re mostly outside, but are so big that they can either knock on the door or open it themselves. That’s a big yuck.

Description : What is the best way to kill ants without pesticides?

Last Answer : Shoes.

Description : How do I get rid of ants in my laptop?

Last Answer : Wow, are you in the top end of Australia??? We just had a G5 Mac do a flaming burnout because of the bloody ants! Have also seen them crawl out of the laptop. When I noticed it I quickly ... USB and power port. Now I just spray the desk top periodically, hate the smell, but is working so far.

Description : Professional Ant Help Needed!

Last Answer : Keep putting ant powder down especially around holes where they have a nest, maybe try a different brand of powder. Can some local Dept identify what type of ants you have, like a local Agriculture Dept ... solution. If you can find any ant holes pour boiling water down them, they don't like that.

Description : If I kill an ant do you think it notices?

Last Answer : Well, considering it is now dead, I’d say no. It doesn’t notice it is dead.

Description : What effect do rain drops have on small insects as ants?

Last Answer : Nah those fuckers are strong as hell. From lingolex.com: The legs of the ant are very strong so they can run very quickly. If a man could run as fast for his size as an ant can, he could run as ... brain has 10,000 million so a colony of 40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a human.

Description : How do I get rid of ants?

Last Answer : Raid traps are the best. They take the poison home and don't come back. Unfortunately, you'll probably need to do it seasonally unless you can find and destroy the nest. And even then, they may come ... so that the next set of ants to stumble upon it doesn't have a map straight through your kitchen.

Description : You guys! I have ants in my house, in my pantry, in my sugar and in my food! Do you know how to get rid of them without poisoning myself in the process?

Last Answer : Cheap ass vinegar in a squirty bottle spray around the house/area you don’t want them works for me .

Description : When the ants in my ant farm sit at the bottom of the tunnel, are they sleeping?

Last Answer : I never thought about this before. Do bugs sleep?

Description : How do you get rid of ants?

Last Answer : Check out the answers to the same question over there in the "Siblings" section.

Description : How do I get rid of millions of tiny ants?

Last Answer : I dont know if this applies to your situation, but: My brother and I used to put a bunch of honey in a corner or some place in the house that we werent going to go near for a day or so, if ... you could do that with a bunch of poison traps so they take it back to the nest and kill the rest

Description : What's the tightest fitting, ant proof garbage can I can buy?

Last Answer : Instead of fighting ants in the trash, I would invest in an exterminator to come in and take care of the problem with a real solution.

Description : what purpose do ants serve?

Last Answer : to bug you

Description : Whats a good way to kill fire ants without a chemical spill in my backyard?

Last Answer : answer:Squish… Squish… Squish…. That’s my favorite chemical-free method. It is rather time consuming though! If you can find their nest, and you are sure there’s no way any animals can get to it, try sprinkling some boric acid around the opening. It’s available at most drug stores.

Description : What do ants contribute to the ecosystem?

Last Answer : Ants are an enormous constituent of the earth’s biomass and play a multitude of roles (see E. O. Wilson). Their various forms, societies, chemical defenses and communications, and farming are fascinating.

Description : How do ants know exactly where to go in order to get that tasty little morsel?

Last Answer : they leave trails to follow, that is why you should always wipe down the entire area so they can’t follow their way back. There are also scout ants who go searching for food and if they find some they go back for the others.

Description : How to get rid of Ants – Naturally, Easily and Permanently

Last Answer : Boric Acid Boric Acid works as poison and it will kill ants from your home. It is cheap and easily available nearby your areas. When Ants eats boric acids, it damages its stomachs and kills the ants ... left by others. You can use any form of talc which is easily available in your home.

Description : ANTS FACTS

Last Answer : Ants never sleep nor they have lungs. on average, for every human on earth there is about one million ants. Army ants are not afraid of bigger animals. they sometimes attack birds, reptiles and some ... can swim. Queen ants have wings. they shed them however when they move to start a new nest.

Description : How to get rid of house ants once and for all?

Last Answer : It only looks like it might seem that the "domestic" ants are quite small. In reality, real insects from the tropics are found in our apartments. And they are called rather mysteriously - "Pharaoh ants ... take much less time to settle around the world. Good luck in ridding your home of intruders.