ants

[toastykitten]

All Queens Must Die - about getting rid of invasive ants. Apparently the California ants that now show up in everybody's kitchens and sinks is the Argentine ant - It’s so strong that a worker from one colony can be plucked up and deposited into another, hundreds of miles away, and she will act as if she’s right at home, surrounded by family, which, in a way, she is. Throughout California, from San Diego to San Francisco, the Argentine ants form one enormous sisterhood, or colony, or supercolony. The California supercolony is known in scientific literature as "the large supercolony." But recent studies suggest that it is even larger than it was long assumed to be. The lineage of the California colony is the same as colonies along the northern Mediterranean coastline and southern Japan.

To be honest, the only reason I read this article was to see if they figured out how to get rid of it. Per Metafilter, they recommend Terro 2 Liquid Ant Killer. I might try it. The ants have been coming for like 2 weeks straight now.