Damn ants!
They're everywhere in the bloody apartment: crawling on the ground, on the furniture, on delf, on your arms, up your legs. Tiny iddy-biddy creepy crawlies with all those feelers on your skin, slowly eating you alive. Well, OK, maybe not quite eating you alive (sorry - got carried away there in Steven King mode!). Again, reading a book lately about fire ants that do actually eat you alive didn't help!
You start getting paranoid after a while, imagining that they are all over you! Then you get used to it and the insufferable agony becomes almost bearable!!! Melodrama aside, food has to be stored in Fort Knox type conditions to stop ant infiltration. And that's not the only place they infiltrate, if you get my drift!!! That's right, they get into bed clothes (shame on you if you thought somewhere else!).
None of them are cute and speak/behave like Woody Allen either! The pic above shows where the little guys like to hang out most - our very basic kitchen!
OK - I've made it to 10 - that's a decade (or decet) of films as post titles in a row, so I'll stop there. I may move on to TV shows or songs next!!
4 comments:
I know all about those bloody ants after my stint in South Africa, they were the bane of my life, they attached bags of flour, sugar etc, all food had to be stored in airtight containers at all times.
So you have my complete sympathy on that one, but what about mozzies eh? They tormented me too...M.
Those ants are a pest alright. Apparently they don't like lavender oil, peppermint oil or talcum powder, so maybe a bit of talc around the perimiter might help?
Also, don't kill them, as when you squash them they emit an odour that attracts other ants - its like a distress signal apparently.
Finally, you might want to start doing some cleaning up, as its food lying around that generally brings them in in the first place!!
Just a few tips to help you out of your predic-ant-ment..;-)
Ta for the sympathy, M!
The mozzies (mosquitoes to the uninitiated) are fine here actually, thanks to very efficient extermination and awareness policies here.
Credit where it’s due; if a pool of water is spotted in the same place for more than 5 minutes, some poor Bangladeshi is out spraying the noxious chemicals! I haven’t actually seen or felt any mozzies here yet, which is amazing.
Thanks for those helpful hints. They only hang out in the living space and kitchen; I exaggerated about the bedroom (not for the first time!).
It is well known that ants co-operate in unbelievable ways by using chemicals, so that no-kill theory is plausible! The old hygiene could be better here, but it’ll take a better man than me to fix it! Besides, I only have to stick it for a few more weeks.
In the meantime, I’m off to the aromatherapy shop to stock up!
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