We had mailbox ants today. There were hundreds, maybe thousands, of little black ants all engaged in moving piles of tiny white grains inside our mailbox. Mom thinks they were the queen’s eggs. Mom didn’t have any ant spray so she used flea spray. Quick thinking, eh? Anyone seen anything like this before?
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10 thoughts on “Mailbox ants”
lexitheschnauzer
Every day? Yikes! Now you’ve made Mom start looking for a new mailbox with a bug-tight seal!
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corkscot
Unfortunately Florida is riddled with ants. We can see the results in our mailbox ever day. Just keep spraying.
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Cupcake
Yikes! I think if Mom saw so many ants we would have to move! She doesn’t do well with bugs at all. I think they would be delicious….
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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lexitheschnauzer
Cupcake, I have heard that people eat bugs. But lots of time pups get sick when they eat bugs, so be careful about that. My Mom has had to suck it up and deal with the bugs. That is what has turned her into a murderer of bugs. We get centipedes, house crickets, Goliath beetles, stink beetles, lady bugs and this year lots of the big black ants. They bite. I just move when they come crawling toward me. Mom started paying the boy a dime for every black ant he killed. She has turned him into a murderer of bugs too!
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Fozziemum
Often i disturb big nests of ants when picking up rocks..i feel guilty so i pop the rock back 🙂 i am a sucker hahahahaha 🙂 Noodle is right be careful you may end up being carried off Lexi! 🙂
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lexitheschnauzer
Agh! We kill most bugs around here. At least Mom does. Dad is a sucker like you. He catches them in a container and puts them back outside. Mom says they will just come back in, but he doesn’t have the heart to kill them. Mom, on the other hand…
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Fozziemum
Hahaha i catch them too Lexi..just can’t do it 🙂 heheheh xxx
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noodle4president
Ewwwwww! I have NEVER seen anything like that before. Don’t go near them Lexi. They might carry you away!
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lexitheschnauzer
I agree! That’s why I ran down the yard aways and pretended like I had to do something else while Mom dealt with it.
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noodle4president
*snicker*
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