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Could it be?! Mutated Ants!

grower_boy

A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke.
Just so you know, this post is 100% serious and I'm trying to find out if anyone has seen anything like this. I'm not posting this to be a nerd or anything like that.

For many years, there has been an ant problem in my house during the summertime. Sometimes it would be really bad and other times it wouldn't be. Because they are nothing more than small black ants, it was never really a big issue killing them. The simple way I would always kill the clusters of ants was by spraying Windex on them, and for the loners I would just smash them with my fingers. I knew their nests were somewhere in the walls because there would always be huge numbers of them going in and out of there. Never called pest control because they're just ants, but I did set up ant traps once.

Now those same small ants are still here in my basement, but they're much different now. For one thing, they look deformed. It's hard to describe. The middle section of the ant looks caved in which makes it look weird when they walk. They also have a very erratic style of walking; they'll go very fast; then stop. It looks downright bizzare, as if they're high on drugs or something. On top of that, they die very easily. Usually when you smash an ant with your finger, it feels kind of hard and crunchy. These feel soft and die instantly. The weirdest part about is that your finger (or whatever you smashed them with) will reek like fucking Windex. I'm dead serious.

Has anyone ever come across something like this? Do you think the Windex even has anything to do with it? :dunno: I'm not into science so I have no clue what the hell is going on here.
 

squallumz

knows petras secret: she farted.
i got bit by a black ant twice yesterday. and it hurt.

i thought that was unusual.

but, as for your smell, ants leave scents everywhere they go. thats how they walk in those lines. and when they die, they let off another scent, then the other ants bring back the bodies.

its like killing a bee, they let off a scent to get all the other bees in attack mode.
 

Legzman

what the fuck you lookin at?
We have carpenter ants. And each year they just get bigger and bigger.
 

nylo

The government did it.
Well, the first question is do you live in an apartment or house. You have to find how they are getting in. Living here in FLA we have many problems with all sorts of insects including ants. But the best thing is to find out where they are coming in and why. Usually you will see ants around if there is food source somewhere and much of this has to do with bad house keeping. When I was in college, my roommate was a slob. And because of that we had an ant problem because of unwashed dishes in the sink, empty pizza boxes, beer and soda cans and etc. The only way we got rid of them was to clean, clean, clean and after that my roommate stopped being a slob and it stopped.
 

Tittyman5000

Freeones T-shirt Winner

squallumz

knows petras secret: she farted.
ants will come in for water in the summer. seal off the holes they are coming in with putty or follow the trail the their ant hole or hill. since ants are no where near an endangered species, go ahead and kill the fuckers. they'll be around longer than we will.
 

Connor Macleod

I'm too lazy to set a usertitle.
Just so you know, this post is 100% serious and I'm trying to find out if anyone has seen anything like this. I'm not posting this to be a nerd or anything like that.

For many years, there has been an ant problem in my house during the summertime. Sometimes it would be really bad and other times it wouldn't be. Because they are nothing more than small black ants, it was never really a big issue killing them. The simple way I would always kill the clusters of ants was by spraying Windex on them, and for the loners I would just smash them with my fingers. I knew their nests were somewhere in the walls because there would always be huge numbers of them going in and out of there. Never called pest control because they're just ants, but I did set up ant traps once.

Now those same small ants are still here in my basement, but they're much different now. For one thing, they look deformed. It's hard to describe. The middle section of the ant looks caved in which makes it look weird when they walk. They also have a very erratic style of walking; they'll go very fast; then stop. It looks downright bizzare, as if they're high on drugs or something. On top of that, they die very easily. Usually when you smash an ant with your finger, it feels kind of hard and crunchy. These feel soft and die instantly. The weirdest part about is that your finger (or whatever you smashed them with) will reek like fucking Windex. I'm dead serious.

Has anyone ever come across something like this? Do you think the Windex even has anything to do with it? :dunno: I'm not into science so I have no clue what the hell is going on here.
Over 20 years ago, I had an ant problem, so I bought some poison. The kind I got had the weirdest odor, but the smell and the ants disappeared. However, over a year later, the ants came back and whenever I squashed one, I could smell that weird odor. And now, more than 20 years later, whenever I squash an ant, I can smell that poisonous odor. My theory is they just got immune and somehow passed it on to their future generations. As to why the odor keeps coming back when you or I kill one, I don't have a clue.
 

LukeEl

I am a failure to the Korean side of my family
Unless they grow to the size of a 10 storie building and they are crushing tanks then they ain't mutated.
 

Facetious

Moderated
Just so you know, this post is 100% serious and I'm trying to find out if anyone has seen anything like this. I'm not posting this to be a nerd or anything like that.

For many years, there has been an ant problem in my house during the summertime. Sometimes it would be really bad and other times it wouldn't be. Because they are nothing more than small black ants, it was never really a big issue killing them. The simple way I would always kill the clusters of ants was by spraying Windex on them, and for the loners I would just smash them with my fingers. I knew their nests were somewhere in the walls because there would always be huge numbers of them going in and out of there. Never called pest control because they're just ants, but I did set up ant traps once.

Now those same small ants are still here in my basement, but they're much different now. For one thing, they look deformed. It's hard to describe. The middle section of the ant looks caved in which makes it look weird when they walk. They also have a very erratic style of walking; they'll go very fast; then stop. It looks downright bizzare, as if they're high on drugs or something. On top of that, they die very easily. Usually when you smash an ant with your finger, it feels kind of hard and crunchy. These feel soft and die instantly. The weirdest part about is that your finger (or whatever you smashed them with) will reek like fucking Windex. I'm dead serious.

Has anyone ever come across something like this? Do you think the Windex even has anything to do with it? :dunno: I'm not into science so I have no clue what the hell is going on here.

In many cases, killing ants by broadcast spraying only increases the population later because the queens will simply lay more eggs to make up for the lost population and then some. Let me ask you, do these ants make long single or double file trails in both directions (coming and going) from inside to outside your home, or are they more or less scattered throughout areas of your home? If the former, you more than likely have Argentine ants, the most prolific, most invasive species ever introduced to America and the rest of the mild climate world for that matter. How big are these creatures, about an 1/8 of an inch long?

My guess is that you have two different varieties invading your home, probably ''Pavement Ants", ''Odorous House Ants'' (the one's that make your finger smell like Windex after you crush them) and who knows, you might have three varieties all competing for a resource that's available at your home. Are there any signs of a plumbing leak anywhere in your basement, under a sink or just outside the perimeter of your home? It's important to note that ants typically nest nearest a reliable source of water, sugar and/or proteins, take those away and the ants will probably make contact with your neighbor's dwelling, not yours. ;)

The best way to kill ants is by the use of a boric acid + sugar solution (powder is cheap and widely available at RiteAid etc.) Goog ''boric acid ant bait'' read all about how it works..

Also, go down to radio shack or somewhere where you can buy a 7 - 10X loupe and maybe a cheap penlight while you're at it .... now, when you come in contact with these pesky ants, scoop a few of 'em up and observe them funder magnification... you just might find that you have several different varieties on hand.
 

Connor Macleod

I'm too lazy to set a usertitle.
The best way to kill ants is by the use of a boric acid + sugar solution (powder is cheap and widely available at RiteAid etc.) Goog ''boric acid ant bait'' read all about how it works..

I've tried boric acid. It has definitely wiped out most of the infestation in my house, but not all.
 

Facetious

Moderated
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Fire Ants? :(

It's important to make a weak solution in order to facilitate the feeding of the entire colony, otherwise, a portion of the colony may never be served. :D If too many ants die up front, the rest of the colony catches on ... something fishy goin on here.
ƒac. said:
and observe them funder magnification... you just might find that you have several different varieties on hand.

:facepalm: ''under''
 

Will E Worm

Conspiracy...
Now those same small ants are still here in my basement, but they're much different now. For one thing, they look deformed. It's hard to describe. The middle section of the ant looks caved in which makes it look weird when they walk. They also have a very erratic style of walking; they'll go very fast; then stop. It looks downright bizzare, as if they're high on drugs or something. On top of that, they die very easily. Usually when you smash an ant with your finger, it feels kind of hard and crunchy. These feel soft and die instantly. The weirdest part about is that your finger (or whatever you smashed them with) will reek like fucking Windex. I'm dead serious.

We need pictures and a video.
 

mrpeachy

I'm too lazy to set a usertitle.
I had a hill of mutated ants, Outside my house for a short time.

I plugged up the hole they had made to get in the house through.

Dumped about 1/2 a gallon of clorox on the hill. Had white ants for about

1/2 of an hour. Then they vanished. Never to be seen again.
 

Facetious

Moderated
I had a hill of mutated ants, Outside my house for a short time.

I plugged up the hole they had made to get in the house through.

Dumped about 1/2 a gallon of clorox on the hill. Had white ants for about

1/2 of an hour. Then they vanished. Never to be seen again.

Somebody call the fire department!!!!
Haz Mat! ... HAZ MAT I say!!! :eek:
 
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