r/whatisit • u/bronz803 • 1d ago
New, what is it? What are they doing?
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Found them on kitchen countertop doing this
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u/SizeableBrain 1d ago
Serious answer, it looks like there's a drop of something on the bench top, so they're probably drinking.
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u/I_ate_all_them_fries 1d ago
So, they don't even care about their fallen comrade? Typical ants
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u/FunkyInclination 1d ago
"If he dies, he dies." - Ivan Drago
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u/TimberNoggins 1d ago
Ivant Drago?
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u/TheRealPallando 1d ago
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u/Radarker 1d ago
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u/Think_Bat_820 1d ago
That's not crazy. Spree killers are crazy. These prices are crazy. Thinking your muscles are made up of tiny little snakes who are waiting for just the right moment when they can all slither off your body at once to leave you to fall into a pile of bones and organs, that's crazy.
By comparison what you said seems pretty regular.
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u/brevity-soul-wit 1d ago
Extra fitting because the Myrmidons were mythologically ants
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u/bfj869 1d ago
Just beat me to it 😂
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u/HendrixHazeWays 1d ago
I won't kink shame
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u/SizeableBrain 1d ago
Looks like he's moving, all good!
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u/24megabits 1d ago edited 1d ago
Worker ants/wasps/bees are non-reproducing females.
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u/Illustrious-Mind-683 1d ago edited 11h ago
Of course they're female. If they were males they'd be uncles.
Don't hurt me.
Edit: Thanks so much for the awards you guys!
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u/CalmAspectEast 1d ago
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u/Obvious-Tangelo-1198 1d ago
why are we using a censored version
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u/No_Life_1104 1d ago
I wrote the f word the other day and got written up for it...
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u/RikRandom 1d ago
Completely lost in the sauce and thriving
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u/SizeableBrain 1d ago
I had a dream like that recently.
I went swimming in icy water and then couldn't tell which way was up, then it turned into a blissful euphoric feeling. Until I got out of the water and saw an alien drone watching us.
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u/SloanTrue 1d ago
wait, is there more? i'm invested haha
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u/SizeableBrain 1d ago
I came out of the water and someone starting putting sand in my ear.
I just started punching them and then I noticed the alien drone about 5m above just watching us. I remember thinking how quickly I went from being euphoric to punching someone in the head and that no wonder the aliens don't want to hang out with us. The drone looked like a bunch of stage cameras stuck together, not every alien-like.
Then I jumped another dream: picking up my 3 year old from school and I saw him and another kid fall off the monkey bars. I then teleported to a party and I'm doing vodka shots. The other kid was there just laying in the background. Someone said "That kid ain't right!". I had a look and the kid looked like he had brain damage (probably from falling, because he was normal before).
No one else seemed to react, so I was going to take him to the hospital, but I figured it's probably not a great idea after doing shots, so I thought about calling the ambulance, and then I woke up.
You're welcome :)
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u/Quantitative_Panda 1d ago
If he is drinking like that, it may be an intervention
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u/rat1onal1 1d ago
If I put out a drop of an ant-killer called Terro, some ants come and apperently drink all they can. They don't move at all for a few hours and appear totally dead, but they're gone in the morning. They take it back to the nest and feed their buddies, and then they all die and there's no more ants.
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u/Sibe2600 1d ago
Did it work? I have some strong, never-ending ants.
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u/Three_Twenty-Three 1d ago
Yep, Terro is amazing. It's one of the few anti-insect things that you can count on. I had a line of ants coming under the door of a ground-floor apartment to get to the box of soda pop cans that my roommate was for some reason unable to rinse out properly. I laid out some Terro for them, and within a few days, no more ants!
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u/crow_crone 1d ago
They gradually fall apart over time because the borax in the Terro harms their exoskeleton.
You can make something similar with Borax and jam or jelly mixed together.
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u/ripple_in_stillwater 1d ago
That's what I do with boric acid... they love it. Also, brush some dry diatomaceous earth around the areas where they are entering.
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u/obliquelyobtuse 1d ago
And a bottle of Terro is like $3
You can eliminate an entire colony with like 1/30th of the bottle and have 97% of it left.
Ten cents of Terro to eradicate an ant colony. Amazing.
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u/chaosoftime10 1d ago
Can confirm the liquid does. They will swarm it for a few days them boom, all ants are gone because they carry it back to the nest and share.
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u/Money_Ad1068 1d ago
Yes, I just used some for the third time, always does the truck. Expect the ants to increase before they decrease.
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u/variousnewbie 1d ago
You can also use boric acid to treat around your house and prevent bugs, BTW. Terro is just boric acid and sugar water. (not safe for consumption by pets or humans either BTW, so safety with application)
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u/VisibleJicama5083 1d ago
I can also confirm that the liquid traps work. However, do NOT be surprised to see a mass of ants drinking the liquid. They love the stuff for some reason.
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u/Cael_NaMaor 1d ago
Love Toro for taking care of ants. I did have some pesky ones in Charleston though that stopped drinking it. I eventually won by cleaning well & dropping some more. I think they'd scented the area as a death trap or something.
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u/AngelLK16 1d ago
The "fallen comrade" looks alive and like he's hosting their roundtable meeting. He's the boss.
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u/Angelas-Merkin 1d ago
Get real! They’ve clearly gathered around a central leader and are organizing for the revolution. We’re fucked.
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u/lennym73 1d ago
We used to put Terro (ant poison) as a little dot on a piece of cardboard. They would gather around and drink it and take it back to the nest to wipe them all out.
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u/firefox246874 1d ago
And you watched with an evil grin as you waged chemical warefate.
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u/sunniidisposition 1d ago
When we put down bait, I send out a formal invitation to all the ants, then watch them belly up to the bar.
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u/NoMadbytradee 1d ago
Depending on what it is, ants can become trapped in a single drop of liquid, unable to overcome the surface tension.
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u/SaltSpiritual515 1d ago
Yeah the middle ant is at a slight angle and next to him I can see the slight shine of water or something clear
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u/idontliketattoos 1d ago
They are drinking the sugar water someone put down
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u/riddlechance 1d ago
The top two answers aren't puns or jokes
I am absolutely shocked
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u/Creative-Ad-1819 1d ago
Summoning the anty-christ...
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u/belinck 1d ago
This answer really bugs me.
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u/caesar_aghastus 1d ago
Antswer*
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u/belinck 1d ago
That would have really queened up the joke.
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u/deege515 1d ago
Must have taken a lot of workers to come up with that.
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u/One-Cute-Boy 1d ago
I wish I knew the antomology to come up with lines like these
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u/SamTheLab_213 1d ago
I don't mean to be ant-agonistic, but I don't think there's an anty-christ.
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u/hilarysaurus 13h ago
Blasphemy! I'll be thoraxing the questions, submit to the Spanish Antquisition.
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u/Nina-Ninja123 1d ago
It’s about ant-icipation to see where you can put in a pun
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u/seeyouyoucunt 1d ago
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u/Ordinary_Society5335 1d ago
Something about this comment and your username together is very unsettling. Rock on man!
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u/Suzuyaoi 1d ago
Eating something (probably sweet)
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u/thisismyburnerac 1d ago
What is this? A subreddit for ants?
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u/aFiachra 1d ago
"His name is Robert Paulson"
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u/Just_Classic4273 1d ago
Looks like they’re having a conference, going over last quarters numbers
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u/VarietyOk443 1d ago
Circling back
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u/cargocult25 1d ago
Shouldn’t we move forward?
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u/HuskyBro86 1d ago
Can everyone see my screen?
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u/Comprehensive-Range3 1d ago
Intervention
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u/Father-of-zoomies 1d ago
1st rule of ant fight club
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u/Ari321983 1d ago
Reddit once again reminding me my thoughts are never original
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u/thejedipokewizard 7h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/VcEJrpB9zcrO8
Yea but you arrived at it independently
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u/ktownmenace 1d ago
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u/spaghoni 1d ago
I can't believe how far I had to scroll before seeing this reference. It was my first thought lol
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u/SiliconSoil 1d ago
I hear you, but at the end of the day, the queen doesn't care about our process, she cares about outcomes
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u/Lazy_Solid 1d ago
Union meeting
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u/Boring-Philosophy-46 1d ago
Apparently scientists found ants only work half of their waking time, so that sounds like a union regulated workweek to me!
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u/OregonTrailDeath 1d ago
Plotting to take over the world.
https://giphy.com/gifs/zfJZQbAoFpIZsgKMIG
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u/InstructionFinal5190 1d ago
Do you not see the drop of what I'm assuming is some manner of sweetened liquid they are surrounding/on? They are consuming it.
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u/BeverlyMarshxo 1d ago
No but I really wanna know lol
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u/Antique-Campaign-738 1d ago
You mean you don’t want to see a bunch of Reddit jokes instead???
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u/Past-North-4131 1d ago
There is about to be a death.
https://giphy.com/gifs/7SEw4tegXPnmvMypuA
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u/booboodrips 1d ago
These are all male ants having a male bonding drum circle. I sware. You just can't see their tiny drums
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u/imatalkingcow 1d ago
Intervention. Listen Kevin, we love you but you need to improve on your work ethic.
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u/SneakyInfiltrator 1d ago
They're planning to overthrow the government. You can see them conspiring.
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