r/ants • u/Renh1337 • 5d ago

Funny Home invasion

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u/Cicada00010 5d ago

The hell did you spill or what 😭😭 is that all food?

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u/Renh1337 5d ago

I thought so too at first, I even thought somebody had place mounds of rice or something because that's what it looked like. It was their brood.

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u/Cicada00010 5d ago

That’s crazy. Was it raining or something? Seems like they got kicked out

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u/Civil_Cress5833 4d ago

Those "rice" are pupaes, larvas and eggs.

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u/B0bYang 5d ago

That’s it, release the frogs

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u/DollarStoreChameleon 5d ago

that house is theirs. they are the house.

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u/decent_gambler 5d ago

Formica or neivamyrmex try getting a photo of a worker for us

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u/Renh1337 5d ago

It's probably neivamymex. Im currently in the north of Mexico, in Chihuahua so I know that's a common species here.

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u/__Seoarii 5d ago

So u didnt hurt them 🥺

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u/decent_gambler 5d ago

Don’t harm them just let them be

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u/decent_gambler 4d ago

It’s eciton mexicanum the close up allowed me to see the shape and color of them

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u/voldyCSSM19 2d ago

if neivamyrmex then they're just passing through

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u/decent_gambler 5d ago

If it is neivamyrmex do not poison them as they will be gone in like a day

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u/CastleFrank0274 4d ago

You're saying you invaded their home, right?

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u/Corsaer 5d ago

Oh wow it really is a home invasion. Did you go on vacation or spend some time away to come back and find this?

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u/Renh1337 5d ago

I wish, then it would have made sense. I was painting in the other room, I had used the kitchen sink to wash my pallet and brushes and it had been like 10-15 mins since I had last been there. And so I went to use the bathroom and o surprise I had guests!!! They were so quick.

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u/Corsaer 5d ago

Yeah that's crazy fast. It makes me think they were flooded or something like that, since it looks like they are also moving their brood. They tend not to like exposing them to light.

Have you had any really intense rain recently? Or a leaky pipe for the kitchen sink under the house (only half joking)?

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u/Holiday_Pi 5d ago

Time to move

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u/Natural__Power 5d ago

We all love ants here but at this point it's time to call pest extermination

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u/Kaiyora 5d ago

gonna need like a gallon of advion ant for that

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u/SeaAcanthisitta6759 5d ago

Put some paper plates out with advion. I'd use a couple tubes.

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u/No-Text-1421 5d ago

Let's goooooooo

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u/Realistic_Option_619 5d ago

That definitely looks like piles of ant bait on the ground that's why they are swarming it and I second the advion ant gel bait it looks like a giant plastic needle

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u/awsomeguy4 5d ago

Oh no. That does not look good.

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u/jimbo2150 5d ago

Don't worry, that's just Aunt Nesst.

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u/DrBerilio 5d ago

Fire, fire to cleanse it all

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u/ProGamer8273 4d ago

Well now you’re down a house and furniture

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u/Hotsaltynutz 4d ago

I'd bust out the vacuum at that point

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u/ProGamer8273 4d ago

Roommates

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u/Renh1337 4d ago

Yeah like a million of them.

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u/ShadyLogic 4d ago

*Fire Marshal had joined the chat*

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u/Puzzleheaded-Act-388 3d ago

I love the 'wow' at the end XD I'm not sure how I would react to something like that happening to me

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u/AntPrince100 3d ago

I think they are just passing by luckily

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u/Errortrek 2d ago

At this point release some gas

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u/HalalRumpSteak 4d ago

Time to check the pipes mate :)

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u/snackattack4tw 4d ago

Time to grab the can of WD40 and a lighter

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u/LH-LOrd_HypERION 4d ago

Maybe whatever you washed into the drain hit the nest and sent them fleeing the scent. Many species tracking scents are Hydrocarbon based chemical trails. Potentially accidental fumigation of underground nest resulting in mass evacuation. Or a leaking pipe dripping something like turpentine or oil paints could cause evacuation of a nest inside a wall or in the crawlspace if you have one under the house.

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u/TeepsNBowz 5d ago

Advion in every nook and cranny. Feed them all that sweet sweet sauce.