People who have encountered mostly Tapinoma sessile the "odorous house ant" will wonder why someone says ants don't smell. But every species is different.
The most common smell I've encountered is the acid like formic smell of carpenter ants.
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Fun Fact: *every* house, model sized for full is, in fact, "a house for ants" -
Fun Fact: *every* house, model sized for full is, in fact, "a house for ants"No. I don't think it's that some people can smell ants and others can't ... it's more that there are some ants (among the many kinds of small black ants that may live in human homes) with a very distinctive smell, especially when killed (like blue cheese some will say) and other ants that look superficially similar don't have a smell.
Further some ants spray formic acid... which smells like... acid. This is less noticeable.
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Fun Fact: *every* house, model sized for full is, in fact, "a house for ants"And every pizza is a pizza for ants if you put it on the floor for long enough.
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Fun Fact: *every* house, model sized for full is, in fact, "a house for ants"Only two sadly. My pet carpenter ants and the pavement ants in the laundry room.
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life on earth is so coolI'm not sorry and I will do it again.
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life on earth is so coollife on earth is so cool
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Thinking of you, @futurebird, on a visit to Phipps Conservatory in #Pittsburghfun fact: when I was in college and on a long run in the park, if I got too cold I'd sneak in the back door to the "tropical" room to warm up.
God I miss doing that.
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Please note that Democracy Americana is no longer on Substack.I know moving isn't fun but a lot of people will be glad you did. I'm always sad when I get a link to substack.
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#caturday #blackcat #cats #halloween #CatsOfMastodonCartoon cat face in this one. OMG.
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Fun Fact: *every* house, model sized for full is, in fact, "a house for ants"Fun Fact: *every* house, model-sized or full is, in fact, "a house for ants"
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Ugh.It has the little cooling fans on the roof and everything.
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I would like to thank @futurebird for exposing me to this bananas promotional campaign for Shell petrol, which claims such diverse users as architects, blondes and brunettes, and oarsmen all prefer Shell: https://nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/collections/... -
I would like to thank @futurebird for exposing me to this bananas promotional campaign for Shell petrol, which claims such diverse users as architects, blondes and brunettes, and oarsmen all prefer Shell: https://nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/collections/... -
Ugh.Consider the circumstance of a crab celebration dance... someday.
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Thinking of you, @futurebird, on a visit to Phipps Conservatory in #PittsburghLovely orchid and a very happy ant I suspect. She's found the sugar.
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I would like to thank @futurebird for exposing me to this bananas promotional campaign for Shell petrol, which claims such diverse users as architects, blondes and brunettes, and oarsmen all prefer Shell: https://nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/collections/... -
I did a drawing of a deep sea isopodThey are so round and milky. And what a happy bit of leaf litter they have to live in.
I suspect they are as happy as a isopod pod can be.
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Hmm, didn't know Alaska Airlines flew to Santa Barbara....Who is that?
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Is this supposed to be Peter Thiel?I mean you KNOW that kind of thing has to run on gas.