Sunday, September 4, 2011

This means war...

There's been an invasion

yes

I have ants

and they're taking over

I might have allowed them to stay -- if they didn't insist on biting me

what happens at this time of year is that they get flooded out of the yard --and they move in here.

well -- I spent all of Friday night hunting the little bastards down

with the DYSON OF DEATH

thinking that for sure the "wind tunnel technology" would whirl those crawly bastards into submission.

sadly no

they just crawled around in the transparent tunnel clearly working on their escape.

so it wasn't enough
I thought I would turn them free -- but they were coming back as fast as I was removing them

they had to be flushed.

So -- yesterday -- I was smug -- thinking this was the only Ant left in my apartment


today I found a few scouts
this isn't over
it isn't over

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10 comments:

  1. JzSeptember 4, 2011 at 9:01 AM

    OMG.
    Tell me you have that poster and you will be my idol for life!
    (I don't usually go for men who are prettier than I am but he seems to be an exception...)
    ....
    ....
    oh, uh, yeah. Sorry about the ants...
    ...
    *sigh*

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  2. strivingforpeaceSeptember 4, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    sigh -- no

    not the poster

    but he is pretty

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2011 at 10:24 AM

    It is amazing they can withstand the dyson. If we were in a tornado, we would be killed!

    Win the war!

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  4. nillaSeptember 4, 2011 at 11:16 AM

    two thoughts...my brother told me of a "tennis racket" device that when you swat bugs with, kills 'em. (a portable bug zapper. And as HE said, if you are lucky enough to have fruit flies, they explode, leaving no trace behind...kewl, eh? *brothers*

    so there is that.

    or an exterminator. I had ants in my bedroom, MAJOR. Called exterminator. Then we had a ton of rain, and they came back, this time invading my room and the kitchen (below my room)...called exterminator again and he did the outside again (free) and the inside of the dirt floor part of the basement.

    That was 7 weeks ago and we haven't seen a single ant since, thanks be to the goddess.

    i hate killing critters, but having 100 wee ants in my bed ooked me the hell out.

    nilla

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  5. sinSeptember 4, 2011 at 1:13 PM

    Those tennis racket thingies are for flying insects, fruit flies, mosquitoes, etc. Very satisfying. Somehow, while it's clearly wrong to take joy from killing things, I don't feel that extends to mosquitoes.

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  6. Little ButterflySeptember 4, 2011 at 1:17 PM

    Ugh, ants! We are starting to get them right now too. Our last house, we had a crazy infestation. They would come in and coat walls, the ceiling.... talk about freaking a girl out! The only thing I could do was call an exterminator. Thank goodness he knew what he was doing! Good luck!

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  7. pepperSeptember 4, 2011 at 4:03 PM

    If i were a Christian, ants would give me proof of Satan's existence. Can you say phobic? yes. yes i am. You should have seen me the first time i ever saw a carpenter ant...!!!!!! X-(

    But there's hope! Go to Home Depot or wherever and get some Boric Acid, it comes in this yellow thing that looks kinda like a mustard squeezer. Mix together equal parts of sugar, the Boric acid powder, and bacon grease, and lay clumps of the paste in the ant trails. The ants will find it terribly delicious, and take it home with them....thereby poisoning the whole colony.

    Pussy cats and dogs won't eat it because they can smell the Boric Acid, so it'ssafe for homes with pets. Just make sure the kids don't play with it...using this stuff is a lot better for the people in a house than the chemicals exterminators use, and cheap. Effective. Did i mention cheap? Good luck!!

    p.s @'nilla...Master likes to use that bug zapper swatter thing on my peppery butt, so it's always mysteriously disappearing. ???

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2011 at 5:03 PM

    I've weathered a few ant invasions since I bought this place a couple years ago - I had no idea it came with thousands upon thousands of little crawly roommates - so I'm wishing you luck in your war on the creepy little things.

    THIS... IS... WAR!

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2011 at 4:13 AM

    Hey, sorry about the ants. What Pepper said - I was going to suggest boric acid too. Very effective and safe.

    Good luck with that!

    aisha

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  10. nillaSeptember 7, 2011 at 7:27 AM

    @ Pepper...LOL, when my brother told me about the racket zapper, the *very* first thought i had was "oh wouldn't Master like that," followed immediately by "wtf? are you NUTS, nilla? remember the spoon???"

    i'm afraid i lost track of the conversation going on around me during that little mental exchange.

    and thanks for the heads up on the boric acid...i had no idea!!

    nilla

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