03-25-2016, 07:45 PM
I travel in a small RV, and am always pro-active about ants. Nothing in my cupboard is open. Stuff is in unopened containers, packages, or in plastic canisters with screw on lids.Â
When I open anything that can't be totally resealed or canistered, it goes into the fridge--ants don't go into the cold.Â
Given all that, last night I saw what looked like a dark spot on a wall, next to my dinette. small, quarter-sized.  Upon closer look it was those tiny ants, I don't know what variety they are, but they are so small you need strong reading glasses or a magnifying glass to identify them as "ant". I don't think they could get much smaller without becoming a virus or bacteria.Â
So, I went into my ant prevent mode, spraying around wheels, and hoses outside, upturning everything. Spraying with all windows open. Just a small spot of them. I think they actually came on board on a kleenex I had sitting on the picnic table outside, and were looking for a way out.  Made me think of the old movie the "Amazing Shrinking Man."Â
In the final scene, after the guy is still big enough to have to battle a spider with a straight pin, he gets down to atomic size. There is a parting thought from him about no matter how small he gets, he's still here . . . or there. Like a quark or something. Who knows (LuvHandles) how many of those shrunk people are heading toward infinity through the back door. I hope there was none of them among those ants; because if there was, they will shrink no more.Â
Geez, I hate ants.
I'm Spanky, and I approve this vent.
When I open anything that can't be totally resealed or canistered, it goes into the fridge--ants don't go into the cold.Â
Given all that, last night I saw what looked like a dark spot on a wall, next to my dinette. small, quarter-sized.  Upon closer look it was those tiny ants, I don't know what variety they are, but they are so small you need strong reading glasses or a magnifying glass to identify them as "ant". I don't think they could get much smaller without becoming a virus or bacteria.Â
So, I went into my ant prevent mode, spraying around wheels, and hoses outside, upturning everything. Spraying with all windows open. Just a small spot of them. I think they actually came on board on a kleenex I had sitting on the picnic table outside, and were looking for a way out.  Made me think of the old movie the "Amazing Shrinking Man."Â
In the final scene, after the guy is still big enough to have to battle a spider with a straight pin, he gets down to atomic size. There is a parting thought from him about no matter how small he gets, he's still here . . . or there. Like a quark or something. Who knows (LuvHandles) how many of those shrunk people are heading toward infinity through the back door. I hope there was none of them among those ants; because if there was, they will shrink no more.Â
Geez, I hate ants.
I'm Spanky, and I approve this vent.