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The Ants are back.

  • 29-04-2005 03:47PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,475 ✭✭✭


    ahh I guess summer is here - the tarmac outside is crawling with ants and the air is filled with flying ones. Windows closed for the next couple of days then...

    In Sandymount by the way. Anyone else notice this?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 314 ✭✭BANZAI_RUNNER


    yeah they have been here in Ennis for the last few days


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    RE*AC*TOR wrote:
    The Ants are back

    What about Adam? Is he not with them this time? ;)

    Just be grateful that it's not these little MoFo's!!

    B.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,019 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    I hate the bastids!!! outside is fine but they're in the house already!!! :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 70 ✭✭Loretta.


    id take the flying ants any day over the awful-speedy-gonzales-type housespiders we had last summer...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,496 ✭✭✭*Angel*


    Yep they're everywhere, they're so damn annoying!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,184 ✭✭✭✭Pighead


    Don't worry lads and lassies,help is at hand.
    Several years ago, Pighead had a huge ant hill problem. They were everywhere and seemed to pop up overnight. They ended up getting in his silky hair down his tight undies and even up his hairy nostrils.
    Someone told the Pig to sprinkle instant grits on the ant hills.
    The ants eat the dry grits and when they drink, the grits swell up in their stomach and literally explode them.
    But as nobody tells the pig what to do he ignored this inhumane advice(or ininsectane advice depending on how pedantic you are)
    The Pig uses the method affectionately known as Horrific Chalk Death.
    Heres what to do
    Find out where the little rascals are congregated and draw a chalkline around the area(as small an area as possible).
    For some reason the antsies won't pass the chalk line(obviously i know why they wont but its a bit too technical to get into).Now grab a chair and watch the little brown army start to apnic as they realise there trapped and they have no source of food or water.
    After about the 3rd day things really hot up and the ants are visibly skinnier and obvious signs of dementia set in(foamy mouths everywhere).
    Day 5 and all hell breaks loose,brothers start to eat their sisters sisters eat their grannys and mommy eats daddy.The lads have totally lost it and literally eat anything that moves.
    Day 7 and theres usually a horrfic sight of mangled bodies and rotting carcasses with one lone warrior proudly standing tall(although he'll die pretty quickly due to lack of fluid)
    To summarise Chalk is the answer to all your ant problems


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,475 ✭✭✭RE*AC*TOR


    kinda hard to draw a chalk line around flying ants


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭_blank_


    There was a thread on this last year, I remember.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,144 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    Pighead wrote:
    For some reason the antsies won't pass the chalk line(obviously i know why they wont but its a bit too technical to get into).
    No, please do!
    If you type up a lengthy explanation here, it'll save me a 5 second search on Google.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,036 ✭✭✭garred


    Pighead wrote:
    Don't worry lads and lassies,help is at hand.
    Several years ago, Pighead had a huge ant hill problem. They were everywhere and seemed to pop up overnight. They ended up getting in his silky hair down his tight undies and even up his hairy nostrils.
    Someone told the Pig to sprinkle instant grits on the ant hills.
    The ants eat the dry grits and when they drink, the grits swell up in their stomach and literally explode them.
    But as nobody tells the pig what to do he ignored this inhumane advice(or ininsectane advice depending on how pedantic you are)
    The Pig uses the method affectionately known as Horrific Chalk Death.
    Heres what to do
    Find out where the little rascals are congregated and draw a chalkline around the area(as small an area as possible).
    For some reason the antsies won't pass the chalk line(obviously i know why they wont but its a bit too technical to get into).Now grab a chair and watch the little brown army start to apnic as they realise there trapped and they have no source of food or water.
    After about the 3rd day things really hot up and the ants are visibly skinnier and obvious signs of dementia set in(foamy mouths everywhere).
    Day 5 and all hell breaks loose,brothers start to eat their sisters sisters eat their grannys and mommy eats daddy.The lads have totally lost it and literally eat anything that moves.
    Day 7 and theres usually a horrfic sight of mangled bodies and rotting carcasses with one lone warrior proudly standing tall(although he'll die pretty quickly due to lack of fluid)
    To summarise Chalk is the answer to all your ant problems

    Sounds like the script for 28 days later. Found the white powder does the job, can't think of the name.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,388 ✭✭✭Kernel


    RE*AC*TOR wrote:
    kinda hard to draw a chalk line around flying ants

    Hahah., Legend reactor. I was just thinking he was a dumbass for suggesting that chalk rubbish. What you need to do is find the ant hive. If you have grass out in the garden, just stick a garden fork in a few spots and leave for a second. What happens then is the ants swarm all over it. Then you dig up this part, get into the hive and pour a mixture of equal parts petrol and frozen orange juice concentrate in there (ala fight club). That's home made napalm. Stand well back and ignite. It will burn for hours and stick to everything it comes into contact with.

    Good luck.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,122 ✭✭✭LadyJ


    ****in wasps are back too!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,388 ✭✭✭Kernel


    LadyJ wrote:
    ****in wasps are back too!

    I hate wasps. They are so annoying hovering around in your face. One of the most annoying creatures that God ever invented and put on this Earth of ours.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,184 ✭✭✭✭Pighead


    RE*AC*TOR wrote:
    kinda hard to draw a chalk line around flying ants

    Pighead isn't here to deal with flying ants,Pighead is helping people deal with the bitch ants
    The workers are all female. They hatch from infertile eggs. They do all the food gathering, housekeeping, guarding and rearing the young. They are the familiar wingless ants that everybody sees. Being unable to fly, worker ants collect all their food on foot. They are ingenious when it comes to finding food and, if they detect suitable food sources, ants will manage to enter the most unlikely and secure places in houses. This is why ants may become a pest.
    The males, which have wings, have only one job, that of mating with females.Why would i want to kill these legends.
    Stop being so ped-ant-ic RE*AC*TOR


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭acri


    the slugs are also takin over. it actually scared the crap outta me as a youngin. it was like a really old horror movie with all of the slugs lining the edge of the path.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,184 ✭✭✭✭Pighead


    Kernel wrote:
    Hahah., Legend reactor. I was just thinking he was a dumbass for suggesting that chalk rubbish. What you need to do is find the ant hive. If you have grass out in the garden, just stick a garden fork in a few spots and leave for a second. What happens then is the ants swarm all over it. Then you dig up this part, get into the hive and pour a mixture of equal parts petrol and frozen orange juice concentrate in there (ala fight club). That's home made napalm. Stand well back and ignite. It will burn for hours and stick to everything it comes into contact with.

    Good luck.

    Right kernel,so my method of exterminating the ants involves killing the intended targets and nothing else,meanwhile your method involves killing
    Earthworms

    * They are untiring natural soil aerators.
    * They transform organic matter in the soil.

    Ladybugs

    * The larvae and adults devour more than 50 aphids per day.
    * Asian ladybugs are also useful. However, they cannot withstand our harsh winters and invade homes in cold weather. To get rid of them, simply collect them with a vacuum and put them in a garbage bag.

    Spiders – Dragonflies – Insectivorous birds (swallows, chickadees, etc.)

    * They prey on insects and larvae.

    Millipedes – Centipedes – Sow bugs – Ground beetles

    * They decompose organic matter.
    * They cause little damage to plants.
    * Ground beetles prey on insects and larvae.

    Nice one kernel you got rid of the ants alright but your gardens ****ed
    Idiot

    To summarise: Use Chalk


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,388 ✭✭✭Kernel


    Chalk is your answer for everything Pigface! It hasn't made your willie grow, it hasn't made united win the league, and it wont stop flying ants, you dolt!

    My method is tried and tested, it will involve some collateral damage, but is sustainable. You cant make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
    ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 545 ✭✭✭OY


    I just had to post that i saw the title for this and thought of Dougal with the binoculars!
    "The ants are back Ted"
    LOL

    At least you don't have to deal with mosquitos! One night last summer i got drunk and went for a walk at 4 in the morning in shorts and a t-shirt and i was a bloody mess for about a week. Head like a baloon...! :mad:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 878 ✭✭✭Bicky


    why wont ants cross a white line?
    Is it only chalk they wont cross or any white line?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,184 ✭✭✭✭Pighead


    Kernel wrote:
    Chalk is your answer for everything Pigface! It hasn't made your willie grow, it hasn't made united win the league, and it wont stop flying ants, you dolt!

    My method is tried and tested, it will involve some collateral damage, but is sustainable. You cant make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
    ;)

    Right number 1: Why on earth would i want my 12 incher to grow any more,do you know how hard it is to get a pair of speedos that fit properly.
    (Kernels tip of the day:Lads if you've got a small package like me and you want to wear your speedos on the beach without embarrasment do what i do,STUFF A PAIR OF FOOTBALL SOCKS DOWN THE FRONT.)

    Number 2: Don't pretend you know anything about football Mr Bingo Boy(Kernel goes to bingo every wednesday night everybody)

    Number 3: I never claimed chalk could stop flying ants(although i'm almost sure if you manged to throw some chalk dust at a flying ant it would cause fatal damage)

    There you go,in your face bingo boy :mad:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,184 ✭✭✭✭Pighead


    Bicky wrote:
    why wont ants cross a white line?
    Is it only chalk they wont cross or any white line?

    Just chalk Bicky,I would explain why but Donkey style ruined it for everybody.
    Hope your happy Donkey. :mad:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,388 ✭✭✭Kernel


    Pighead wrote:
    Right number 1: Why on earth would i want my 12 incher to grow any more,do you know how hard it is to get a pair of speedos that fit properly.
    (Kernels tip of the day:Lads if you've got a small package like me and you want to wear your speedos on the beach without embarrasment do what i do,STUFF A PAIR OF FOOTBALL SOCKS DOWN THE FRONT.)

    Number 2: Don't pretend you know anything about football Mr Bingo Boy(Kernel goes to bingo every wednesday night everybody)

    Number 3: I never claimed chalk could stop flying ants(although i'm almost sure if you manged to throw some chalk dust at a flying ant it would cause fatal damage)

    There you go,in your face bingo boy :mad:

    I think you've been sniffing the chalk a bit too much there Pigface! :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 878 ✭✭✭Bicky


    Ah go on.
    Pass on your wisdom. I cant find an explanation on google. In the thirty seconds i spent searching.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,846 ✭✭✭Le Rack


    I dunno bout dub but I know my whole town is built on a giant ant hill!!!!! the little shaggers wont bog off at all! EVER!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,305 ✭✭✭kenmc


    We had ants recently - a few scouts i think, didn't see any trails. anyway, got 2x nippon traps in homebase which you put a liquid into, and leave it near the run/nests. anyway, put 2 of them down last nite, came home from the pub and there was a zillion of the little buggers running back and forth to the trap - turns out they'd emptied out one whole trap of liquid! Anyway, saw they were running down the side of the lino and pulled it up and squirted the load of them with nippon ant powder. haven't seen any yet today, there's no activity near the traps. there was still full traps there this morning too.... think the problem is a bit more under control....
    As for the wasps, I keep carnivorous plants, and they eat a few of the buggers - especially Sarracenia (pitcher plants) the wasps love the nectar they produce and voila happy happy plants :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Celebrate the ants! It means the weathers getting better!?

    Okay, Nuke em!!

    I was in Woodies this morning, should have checked to see if they stocked anti ant powder

    Mike.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,440 ✭✭✭✭Piste


    Oh bollox, damn bees/wasps mean I'm gonna have to carry anti-histamine around at al times and the flying ants....oh the flying ants *sobs*


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 99,589 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Le Rack wrote:
    I dunno bout dub but I know my whole town is built on a giant ant hill!!!!! the little shaggers wont bog off at all! EVER!
    or a hill of giant ants ! http://www.horror-wood.com/them.htm


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,136 ✭✭✭Superman


    Ants are great! there harmless,

    there like a natural hoover for keepiung your house clean, i just don't like when they get stuck on top of the honey jar


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,051 ✭✭✭mad m


    yeah ants/bees are back.But far far worse things are just outside the door dying to get onto your property...


    Those pesky kids knocking on doors asking do you want your lawn cut,


    My front is cobblelocked............ :D


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