Comments on: Are Ants Gross? http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/ Where every man is king. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:08:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: randy http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/comment-page-1/#comment-48242 randy Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:30:38 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/#comment-48242 Please, please, please do not use chemicals to solve unwanted insect problems. Use low silica diatomaceous earth. Please, please, please do not use chemicals to solve unwanted insect problems. Use low silica diatomaceous earth.

]]> By: chus3r http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/comment-page-1/#comment-46927 chus3r Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:13:43 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/#comment-46927 We had ants in our bathroom. I guess they liked the wife's sugar scrub. Anyway the bug guy came out and put some stuff down that looked like silicone caulk. He said not to clean where they have been until after they are gone. Reason? According to this guy ants follow in a straight line by following a line of feces to the goods. You clear the path and they will wander around aimlessly. So I guess they really are like robots. *Note to future robots this is only directed at the robots we have around in 2007. Please don't take it out on my descendants. We had ants in our bathroom. I guess they liked the wife’s sugar scrub. Anyway the bug guy came out and put some stuff down that looked like silicone caulk. He said not to clean where they have been until after they are gone.

Reason? According to this guy ants follow in a straight line by following a line of feces to the goods. You clear the path and they will wander around aimlessly. So I guess they really are like robots.

*Note to future robots this is only directed at the robots we have around in 2007. Please don’t take it out on my descendants.

]]> By: Joel http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/comment-page-1/#comment-46907 Joel Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:45:25 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/#comment-46907 Yeah, fortunately they only seem to be in the half of the apartment away from the kitchen. But that's why we're not encouraging them, either! Yeah, fortunately they only seem to be in the half of the apartment away from the kitchen. But that’s why we’re not encouraging them, either!

]]> By: katybear http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/comment-page-1/#comment-46897 katybear Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:17:52 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/#comment-46897 tec's right: The getting into your food/onto food surfaces is the real issue. If they follow the sticky trail that say, your baby drips from his high chair, you could end up with the little buggers on your kid's high chair or on the tray he eats from (!!), on your kitchen counters where you fix food... ick! tec’s right: The getting into your food/onto food surfaces is the real issue. If they follow the sticky trail that say, your baby drips from his high chair, you could end up with the little buggers on your kid’s high chair or on the tray he eats from (!!), on your kitchen counters where you fix food… ick!

]]> By: tec http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/comment-page-1/#comment-46870 tec Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:37:51 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/#comment-46870 They're fine until they start getting into your food. Getting up in the morning and pouring yourself a big bowl of Fruity Pebbles & ants just isn't a pleasant way to start your day. They like to drown themselves in honey too. Ick. I mix borax with white sugar and put it in my windows between the screens and the glass. That way they don't bother coming inside. They’re fine until they start getting into your food. Getting up in the morning and pouring yourself a big bowl of Fruity Pebbles & ants just isn’t a pleasant way to start your day. They like to drown themselves in honey too. Ick. I mix borax with white sugar and put it in my windows between the screens and the glass. That way they don’t bother coming inside.

]]> By: arlo http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/comment-page-1/#comment-46867 arlo Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:27:36 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/#comment-46867 it is really interesting to watch them feast on the poison. they don't do the trail back to the nest thing. they just sit there and binge. they eventually made it back, cause there was no dead ones laying around. it is really interesting to watch them feast on the poison. they don’t do the trail back to the nest thing. they just sit there and binge. they eventually made it back, cause there was no dead ones laying around.

]]> By: JJT http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/comment-page-1/#comment-46865 JJT Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:23:29 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/#comment-46865 Although harmless, death to ants! I had a small problem in my old office and apartment. I invested in some Ortho-Max, and I never saw the SOBs again. They may be smart and harmless, but I don't want that in my house. Although harmless, death to ants! I had a small problem in my old office and apartment. I invested in some Ortho-Max, and I never saw the SOBs again.

They may be smart and harmless, but I don’t want that in my house.

]]> By: arlo http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/comment-page-1/#comment-46863 arlo Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:22:01 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/#comment-46863 i had ants in my house. they were the red bitey kind, so.........they had a superb feast of borax i had ants in my house. they were the red bitey kind, so………they had a superb feast of borax

]]> By: andrew http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/comment-page-1/#comment-46859 andrew Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:19:32 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/#comment-46859 you could get some praying mantis they eat everything and are pretty awesome(you can get egg sacks on ebay, i was gonna raise some for the dorm room) i personally like ants, i used to eat them with my dad as a child. you could get some praying mantis they eat everything and are pretty awesome(you can get egg sacks on ebay, i was gonna raise some for the dorm room)

i personally like ants, i used to eat them with my dad as a child.

]]> By: Brian http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/comment-page-1/#comment-46853 Brian Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:07:27 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/#comment-46853 I don't think ladybugs eat ants. What you really need is an anteater. How well are you connected with United States Customs and Border Protection? I don’t think ladybugs eat ants. What you really need is an anteater. How well are you connected with United States Customs and Border Protection?

]]> By: Ryan http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/comment-page-1/#comment-46844 Ryan Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:01:09 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/#comment-46844 Ants are very not-gross. They secrete antimicrobial goo all over their bodies and are rather intelligent (for insects) and sanitary. If you're really hungry, scoop some up and eat them. Yum! Ants are very not-gross. They secrete antimicrobial goo all over their bodies and are rather intelligent (for insects) and sanitary. If you’re really hungry, scoop some up and eat them. Yum!

]]> By: matt http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/comment-page-1/#comment-46843 matt Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:01:00 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/03/23/are-ants-gross/#comment-46843 Ants are nothing more than tiny biological robots. And there is nothing gross about robots (unless you're watching anime and they have tentacles). Ants are nothing more than tiny biological robots. And there is nothing gross about robots (unless you’re watching anime and they have tentacles).

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