Much ado about nothing

[rebeccmeister]

Last night I watched a fun chick flick with C and E. We are going to repeat the event because it was awesome. Yay for being girly girls!

Today, I need to feed the ants, eat some lunch, perhaps have a wee bit more caffeine, and pack my bags for a camping trip! Woohoo!

Until next time,
R

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[rebeccmeister.livejournal.com]

1. I feed my leafcutter ants paloverde leaves, cornmeal, and oatmeal.

2. I feed my seed-harvester ants kentucky bluegrass seed and crickets (protein source).

There's no real industry standard for ant food, because there are so many different species of ants, each of which eats something slightly different.

[earthlingmike.livejournal.com]

What do you feed the ants?

I have found that ants really like (real) maple syrup.

[earthlingmike.livejournal.com]

Oh, I read the response to the above comment. The kind of ants I'm talking about are carpenter ants. (yeah, landlord is a moron, but I'm moving out tomorrow, lol.)

[rebeccmeister.livejournal.com]

LOL

I'd bet that the carpenter ants would enjoy sugar in any form, and especially maple syrup form. Good to know you don't own the place--carpenter ants can be a real pain. I moved into a house one year that had a pretty bad ant problem. They weren't carpenter ants, but they definitely enjoyed foraging in our kitchen. I found that meticulous cleaning took care of the problem. Ants and other insects are quite good at finding little spills and such.

[earthlingmike.livejournal.com]

I wish I did own the place so I could gut it and rebuild it to live up to closer to its full potential as a place to live (for humans).

Yeah cleaning really messes things up for the ants, wipe out their trail and they have to do the exploring all over again.