Ants Anyone?!

Ants, ants and more ants; ants galore!

I believe this is what's referred to as "ant swarms".  I tend to see them quite often in the spring, which could have something to do with mating and or the making of new colonies.

I find these swarms very beneficial, as it makes killing them with and spray so much easier and literally takes out the entire swarm.

Like a scene from a horror movie -

There are too many ants as it is, so being able to kill them in bunches like this is great.

Annoying Floaters...

Looking out the upstairs window this morning I noticed clumps of weird debris floating in the pool -

Upon closer inspection it was ant; hundreds of ants floating in separate clumps and still alive -

I've noticed oodles more ants this spring than in years past - small ants, big black ants, flying ants and even red ants.  They're around the pool area, walkway and in weird nests throughout the lawn.

I left these ants floating and turned on the pump.  They've all now been sucked into the skimmer and some all the way into the filter, where I'm hoping they'll drown and die...

Sunday Mass Perhaps?

Ants!  I'm guessing thousands and thousands of them!

It's odd how they'll occasionally congregate and mass like this.  It's Sunday morning, so one theory I have is they're gathering for morning mass.  What ever the reason this particular group will NOT be attending any more of these gathering...

Ant Party

I came across this orgy of tiny black ants on our pool patio deck the other afternoon. I've run across a gathering like this before - more often than you'd think. I am in the process of trying to identify what types of ants these are and why they gather like this. If and when I do, I will update you. I know the suspense will be trying but please be patient and understand that I am just one person...

One things for sure, when they gather like this it sure makes it a hell of a lot easier to spray the little bastards!



Here take a closer look -


Guess how many are here and win a free lollipop of my choosing.