Red Ants Attack Old Lady


One upon a time there was an old woman who had a compulsive disorder of keeping and collecting things. She kept paper products, books, boxes, empty food cartons and more. Her one story slab home was so cluttered, that she only had small narrow pathways that lead to the bathroom, kitchen, and living room where she shared her couch with several small pets. For many years, she complained of always being bitten by ants. She hired pest companies every year that would unsuccessfully spray pesticides on the exterior of her home. Finally, one day her siblings called a home inspector to investigate. The home inspector found that all the underground slab ductwork was filled 50% with sand. The home inspector also found thousands and thousands of dead red ants throughout the home. Finally, the home inspector found “kibbles-n-bits” and “Purina-Cat-Chow” under the concrete kitchen floor slab and inside the supply ductwork. Apparently, the older women’s idea of cleaning her home was sweeping the “kibbles n bits” and “Purina Cat Chow”, from the kitchen floor into the under slab supply heat ductwork. Millions of red ants were living under her home, under the concrete slab, and under each room of her home. These red ants removed sand that existed under the concrete floor so they could make their nests and galleries. These red ants move each grain of sand into the ductwork until the under slab ductworks was filled 50% with sand. The ants would leave there nests and travel to the kitchen though the 50% sand filled under slab ducts to eat kibbles-n-bits and Purina-cat-chow. There you have it, the “Indoor-Red-Ant-Eco-System”. Thank you; this was “Very Short Stories by Marko Vovk” from <a href="http://
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Four Little Ants


If your home has leaks, wet areas, or high indoor humidity, carpenter ants can thrive. If you see carpenter ants in your home soon after the winter snowmelts, you may have a carpenter ant colony. Go to the basement and look at joists under the entrance doors, windows, or porches. Many times these areas have small leaks. You may have to pull back the insulation to look. If you find a small pile of sawdust, look at it carefully. If you see black, shinny specs mixed in with sawdust, carpenter ants are nearby. The main carpenter ant colony, which usually is in a tree or buried tree stump, can have many small satellite colonies of which several can be in your home. If you see flying insects with curved bodies that have two different sized wings, and two curved antenna, you have carpenter ant reproductive trying to find a new moist area in your home to start a new satellite colony. If you see many small translucent wings that are two different sizes in window wells, sills, or floors, in your house may be whispering to you and it is time to call the bug man.