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Author: Donita LuddingtonDonita Luddington Date: Aug 21, 2008 09:01
Are ants cannibals?
A huge trail of ants (many hundreds) was on my kitchen counter last night
so I sprayed them with vinnegar (I was out of windex so I used vinnegar
instead). Being late, and wishing the vinnegar to discourage new foragers,
I retired for the evening.
Much to my chagrin, another, even larger swarm of Argentine ants had taken
over my counter top, this morning - and the dead ants seem to have
disappeared. I was surprised.
So, I sprayed 'em again and left the area for a while. Sure enough, yet
another swarm replaced the second, and I noticed some carrying away the
dead bodies of their camerades.
My question..... Are ants cannibals or did the inadvertant pickling entice
them to cannibalism?
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Author: mjciccarelmjciccarel Date: Aug 21, 2008 09:18
On Aug 21, 9:01 am, Donita Luddington sbcglobal.net> wrote:> Are ants cannibals?
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> A huge trail of ants (many hundreds) was on my kitchen counter last night
> so I sprayed them with vinnegar (I was out of windex so I used vinnegar
> instead). Being late, and wishing the vinnegar to discourage new foragers,
> I retired for the evening.
>
> Much to my chagrin, another, even larger swarm of Argentine ants had taken
> over my counter top, this morning - and the dead ants seem to have
> disappeared. I was surprised.
>
> So, I sprayed 'em again and left the area for a while. Sure enough, yet
> another swarm replaced the second, and I noticed some carrying away the
> dead bodies of their camerades.
>
> My question..... Are ants cannibals or did the inadvertant pickling entice
> them to...
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Author: RicodJourRicodJour Date: Aug 21, 2008 09:24
On Aug 21, 12:01Â pm, Donita Luddington sbcglobal.net> wrote:> Are ants cannibals?
>
> A huge trail of ants (many hundreds) was on my kitchen counter last night
> so I sprayed them with vinnegar (I was out of windex so I used vinnegar
> instead). Being late, and wishing the vinnegar to discourage new foragers,
> I retired for the evening.
>
> Much to my chagrin, another, even larger swarm of Argentine ants had taken
> over my counter top, this morning - and the dead ants seem to have
> disappeared. I was surprised.
>
> So, I sprayed 'em again and left the area for a while. Sure enough, yet
> another swarm replaced the second, and I noticed some carrying away the
> dead bodies of their camerades.
>
> My question..... Are ants cannibals or did the inadvertant pickling entice
> them...
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Author: dadiOHdadiOH Date: Aug 21, 2008 13:21
Donita Luddington wrote:
> Are ants cannibals?
>
> A huge trail of ants (many hundreds) was on my kitchen counter last
> night so I sprayed them with vinnegar (I was out of windex so I used
> vinnegar instead). Being late, and wishing the vinnegar to discourage
> new foragers, I retired for the evening.
>
> Much to my chagrin, another, even larger swarm of Argentine ants had
> taken over my counter top, this morning - and the dead ants seem to
> have disappeared. I was surprised.
>
> So, I sprayed 'em again and left the area for a while. Sure enough,
> yet another swarm replaced the second, and I noticed some carrying
> away the dead bodies of their camerades.
>
> My question..... Are ants cannibals or did the inadvertant pickling
> entice them to cannibalism?
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Author: dpbdpb Date: Aug 21, 2008 13:23
dadiOH wrote:
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> They were carrying off their fallen comrades in order to give them a proper
> burial and memorial service. No flowers please...
I was sorry I didn't get see the obituary announcement. Is there a
memorial established somewhere for contributions?
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Date: Aug 21, 2008 19:40
Donita Luddington sbcglobal.net> wrote in
news:wex9wkbjvadg.y9x4yss3ypyg$.dlg@40tude.net:
> Are ants cannibals?
>
> A huge trail of ants (many hundreds) was on my kitchen counter last
> night so I sprayed them with vinnegar (I was out of windex so I used
> vinnegar instead). Being late, and wishing the vinnegar to discourage
> new foragers, I retired for the evening.
>
> Much to my chagrin, another, even larger swarm of Argentine ants had
> taken over my counter top, this morning - and the dead ants seem to
> have disappeared. I was surprised.
>
> So, I sprayed 'em again and left the area for a while. Sure enough,
> yet another swarm replaced the second, and I noticed some carrying
> away the dead bodies of their camerades.
>
> My question..... Are ants cannibals or did the inadvertant pickling
> entice them to cannibalism?
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Author: zz Date: Aug 21, 2008 23:36
On Aug 21, 12:01Â pm, Donita Luddington sbcglobal.net> wrote:> Are ants cannibals?
>
> A huge trail of ants (many hundreds) was on my kitchen counter last night
> so I sprayed them with vinnegar (I was out of windex so I used vinnegar
> instead). Being late, and wishing the vinnegar to discourage new foragers,
> I retired for the evening.
>
> Much to my chagrin, another, even larger swarm of Argentine ants had taken
> over my counter top, this morning - and the dead ants seem to have
> disappeared. I was surprised.
>
> So, I sprayed 'em again and left the area for a while. Sure enough, yet
> another swarm replaced the second, and I noticed some carrying away the
> dead bodies of their camerades.
>
> My question..... Are ants cannibals or did the inadvertant pickling entice
> them...
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Author: henrypentahenrypenta Date: Aug 22, 2008 05:50
On Aug 21, 12:01Â pm, Donita Luddington sbcglobal.net> wrote:> Are ants cannibals?
>
> A huge trail of ants (many hundreds) was on my kitchen counter last night
> so I sprayed them with vinnegar (I was out of windex so I used vinnegar
> instead). Being late, and wishing the vinnegar to discourage new foragers,
> I retired for the evening.
>
> Much to my chagrin, another, even larger swarm of Argentine ants had taken
> over my counter top, this morning - and the dead ants seem to have
> disappeared. I was surprised.
>
> So, I sprayed 'em again and left the area for a while. Sure enough, yet
> another swarm replaced the second, and I noticed some carrying away the
> dead bodies of their camerades.
>
> My question..... Are ants cannibals or did the inadvertant pickling entice
> them...
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Author: HeyBubHeyBub Date: Aug 23, 2008 12:49
Donita Luddington wrote:
> Are ants cannibals?
>
> A huge trail of ants (many hundreds) was on my kitchen counter last
> night so I sprayed them with vinnegar (I was out of windex so I used
> vinnegar instead). Being late, and wishing the vinnegar to discourage
> new foragers, I retired for the evening.
>
> Much to my chagrin, another, even larger swarm of Argentine ants had
> taken over my counter top, this morning - and the dead ants seem to
> have disappeared. I was surprised.
>
> So, I sprayed 'em again and left the area for a while. Sure enough,
> yet another swarm replaced the second, and I noticed some carrying
> away the dead bodies of their camerades.
>
> My question..... Are ants cannibals or did the inadvertant pickling
> entice them to cannibalism?
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Author: mmmm Date: Aug 23, 2008 19:25
On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:49:31 -0500, "HeyBub" NOSPAMgmail.com>
wrote:
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>> My question..... Are ants cannibals or did the inadvertant pickling
>> entice them to cannibalism?
>
>Your ants are either omnivores or carried away the bodies of their loved
>ones for proper Christian burials.
>
>I say this because cremation is probably not an option for an ant.
I don't know about most ants, but in the tropics, like Costa Rica,
there are leaf-cutter ants, that cut little crescents out of leaves,
bring the pieces back to the hill and feed them to the fungus that
they cultivate. As the fungus grows, they eat some of it, take the
waste out of the hill and pile it outside. Amazingly complicated I
think.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leafcutter_ant
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