CHILLIN Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 This is the first year I have seen them. These are not the sugar, pharaoh, pissants. They are a quarter of size of those. Just a about double the size of a dot on a page. They definitely act like ants, and I am sure I could kill them with boric acid/sugar solution - but they work so hard and are not bothering anybody or plants. edit Looks like they could be Ghost Ants. A new one for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Are the ants inside or outside? I have thousands outside on the walkway suddenly. I wondered if they were moving to a new location but they are so small you can't see if they are carrying eggs. If you walk over them some climb up you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted September 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 These are inside. We have a lot of cantera stone veneer, so they have lots of nooks and crannies to hide and nest in. Maybe we will have to find a tiny ant eater! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajijicbound Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, CHILLIN said: These are inside. We have a lot of cantera stone veneer, so they have lots of nooks and crannies to hide and nest in. Maybe we will have to find a tiny ant eater! I know I need to find one. They are awful this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted September 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 You won't believe this, but I looked it up and there are Pygmy Ant Eaters, which are reported to be excellent household pets. Cute and playful - apparently. Salvador Dali had an anteater as a pet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Of course Dali was also found to meet the diagnostic criteria for psychotic illnesses.... difficulties determining what is real and what is not real. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Now I have 1,000s of slightly larger ants at the other end of my patio going somewhere. I usualIy find when they are on the move like this they have found a new food source or they are moving their nest. Who knows what they are up to? I just hope they stay out of the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisbee Gal Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, CHILLIN said: You won't believe this, but I looked it up and there are Pygmy Ant Eaters, which are reported to be excellent household pets. Cute and playful - apparently. Salvador Dali had an anteater as a pet. My brother-in-law as a teenager had a Lesser Anteater as a pet at his parents' home. I remember how it would s-l-o-w-l-y (they move at glacial speed) turn toward anyone who entered the rec room with a sweet drink. Especially Hawaiian Punch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted September 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 54 minutes ago, RickS said: Of course Dali was also found to meet the diagnostic criteria for psychotic illnesses.... difficulties determining what is real and what is not real. Yahbut walking his Silky Anteater on a leash in Paris in 1969 is pretty - cool. He deaply loved that animal, and he brought it with him on his interview on the Dick Cavett show. Now how is that for histrionics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogirl Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 3 hours ago, CHILLIN said: These are inside. We have a lot of cantera stone veneer, so they have lots of nooks and crannies to hide and nest in. Maybe we will have to find a tiny ant eater! I keep telling my husband that we need an anteater that we can let roam the garden eating the millions of leaf cutter ants! He's not too keen. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookj5 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 7 hours ago, RickS said: Of course Dali was also found to meet the diagnostic criteria for psychotic illnesses.... difficulties determining what is real and what is not real. Gee, that makes me wonder if any of that showed up in his paintings... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted September 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 You might be ending badly because they eat 5,000 leaf cutter ants per night, then sleep and cuddle all day. That, and their appetite for termites, made them popular pets in the Amazon villages. Maybe you could rent them out, like many people are with goats right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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