cookiemonster
Legendary Member
- Location
- Hong Kong
Ants on my desk at work. Everywhere!
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Invasion!
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
That was me as a small child, only it was a wasp's nest... I chucked stones at the nice black and yellow insects and poked them with sticks until they decided that it wasn't funny any more. Multiple stings later I had a fear of wasps that lasted me over 20 years!
Which reminds me... I saw a wasp this year. ONE wasp. ONCE! I used to plagued by the damn things every summer. There have been big changes over the past 40 years in this country. How much is due to use of pesticides and how much due to climate change, I don't know, but the changes are not subtle...
Which reminds me... I saw a wasp this year. ONE wasp. ONCE! I used to plagued by the damn things every summer. There have been big changes over the past 40 years in this country. How much is due to use of pesticides and how much due to climate change, I don't know, but the changes are not subtle...
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Do not kill them! I saw a tin of 'Ant Killer' in a shop the other day!
Why kill creatures that are super clean,very intelligent and wish us no harm?! Just put some damp sugar down to attract them and continue the method to take them further away from your home etc.🧐
"Don't tread on an ant he's done nothing to you
There might come a day when he's treading on you
Don't tread on an ant you'll end up black and blue
You cut off his head, legs come looking for you"
Why kill creatures that are super clean,very intelligent and wish us no harm?! Just put some damp sugar down to attract them and continue the method to take them further away from your home etc.🧐"Don't tread on an ant he's done nothing to you
There might come a day when he's treading on you
Don't tread on an ant you'll end up black and blue
You cut off his head, legs come looking for you"
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cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
As a kid I used to clap my hands on wasps to kill them
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cookiemonster
Legendary Member
- Location
- Hong Kong
Alarm bells are already been rung by scientists for a few years about the drop in pollinating insects. In Southern Germany, a long term study revealed a 60% drop in these insects.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
I never kill any insects intentionally.......even the pesky waspy feckers get caught and ejected outside.
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cookiemonster
Legendary Member
- Location
- Hong Kong
Same here
Same here. I bought cinnamon powder as ants hate it. They avoid it and they'll go elsewhere but does them no harm.
Same here. I bought cinnamon powder as ants hate it. They avoid it and they'll go elsewhere but does them no harm.
Bazzer
Setting the controls for the heart of the sun.
- Location
- On the edge of reality
My sister currently has a bad ant problem in her house.
Repeated attempts to stop them in her very large lounge/kitchen/diner just moved them around. Environmental Health eventually came out, which has resulted in them now appearing upstairs.
Repeated attempts to stop them in her very large lounge/kitchen/diner just moved them around. Environmental Health eventually came out, which has resulted in them now appearing upstairs.
How do you tell a bad ant from a good one?
Does it walk around with attitude?
Kryton521
Über Member
Yep. Little sods throw their weight around and push anything bigger than them homewards!
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Isn't it strange how our attitude change as we get older. As a child, I didn't think twice about killing insects , rodents etc.... but now, I have the upmost respect for all animals and wouldn't harm any of them. They share this planet with us, have a right to be here and contribute in their own right to the well being of planet earth. Let nature rule our little world, not us.
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She now has the environmental health people upstairs.... I would sue them.
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
Many years ago out for a walk with my then girl friend and later wife we sat down on a grassy mound. She began wriggling around a bit and then leapt up. Ants in her pants, literally. An interesting time was had removing them.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
My wife puts her hand out to let bees or wasps land on her then she strokes them. We once had a hive in the upstairs room of our shop and the landlord called a local beekeeper to get rid of it. Mrs S saw him suiting up and getting the chemicals out so she walked into the room without protection and opened a window to let the bees out. Not one sting. The beekeeper said there were about 50,000 bees and he'd never seen anything like it.
Another time in the shop she befriended a wasp. It would sit on the back of her hand or on her shoulder then fly around when someone came in before returning when the customers had gone. I pointed out that this wasn't particularly good for business.
Another time in the shop she befriended a wasp. It would sit on the back of her hand or on her shoulder then fly around when someone came in before returning when the customers had gone. I pointed out that this wasn't particularly good for business.
DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
Agreed. But still ambivalent about wasps...
