We get ants every spring -- the whole neighborhood does (I assume, because the hardware store will put a sign in their window in March/April saying "We have ant traps!"). Terro ant traps work really well.
I couldn't believe it the first twenty times you told us, but it's starting to sink in now.
Riley ,'Lessons'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Feb 27, 2024 6:16:51 am PST #28896 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
meara - Feb 27, 2024 6:38:09 am PST #28897 of 30000
Yeah usually if I put out Terro traps they disappear pretty quickly but it doesn’t seem to be working this time. May need more traps I guess.
Jessica - Feb 27, 2024 6:50:52 am PST #28898 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I saw my first ant of the season yesterday, which means it's time to deep clean the kitchen again and buy the annual spring ant traps.
Pix, OMG, what a relief! Fingers crossed he's sober enough to follow through on the move-out plans today!
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 27, 2024 7:08:57 am PST #28899 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yay Pix! Glad that situation seems to be improving—you do not need extra stress at the moment!
Toddson - Feb 27, 2024 8:28:02 am PST #28900 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Place I lived years ago used to get WINGED ants - first time they saw them, assumed they were termites, which led to all kinds of worries. Once they were identified, things calmed down.
Laura - Feb 27, 2024 9:15:44 am PST #28901 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I get the winged variety of ants in NY and they are an added level of horror.
-t - Feb 27, 2024 11:47:29 am PST #28902 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
One of my salespeople just used HSQ in an email. It did not mean what I thought it meant.
Jessica - Feb 27, 2024 11:49:33 am PST #28903 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
HSQ in an email. It did not mean what I thought it meant.
Bwah!
brenda m - Feb 27, 2024 12:33:32 pm PST #28904 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh thank goodness, Pix.
Ants, take a lesson and skedaddle.
Atropa - Feb 27, 2024 12:34:07 pm PST #28905 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Pix, that's great news!
Susan, do you still live in the Greenwood/Phinney Ridge area? We learned that there's a HUGE ant colony that spans those two entire neighborhoods. (Our pest control company let us know that while we were still living in the area and dealing with ants ALL THE TIME.)