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July 07, 2006
Invasion!
Last night I was sitting at computer -- I am a mousepotato! -- when an ant crawled across my desk; a scout looking for food no doubt. Now, I have little problem with bugs so long as they remain outside my house. Inside? They're dead. Except for spiders: I always at least attempt to evict rather than squish them. So I killed the ant.
Twenty minutes later another ant crawls across my desk. Dead.
Then another.
And another.
Houston, we have a problem.
It has been raining a lot lately and the ants are coming into my house, but from where? Searching reveals seven or eight ants crawling around in the window track, and a few more can be seen on the outside track as well. Bingo! But the window is supposed to be sealed better than that. How are they getting in?
*opens the window* (sideways-sliding window)
Between the window and the wall (in that little trough where the window jams against the house is... an ant nest! Thousands of them! And the sound of a light rain accompanies them. Except that it's not raining. It the sound of ants falling from the upper track of the window onto the plastic of the lower track. They're everywhere!
Aiyeee!
So I have ants! In my house!
This means war!
Posted by Tacitus at July 7, 2006 03:31 PM