Crazy things happen in the tropics, apparently. Like you get to live in a 'high-end' architecturally designed house with a leaky roof and no vent (!) on the main plumbing stack. Or you go out for an hour, and when you get back, there is an INSTANT ANT INVASION in your kitchen!
I mean, we always had a few ants in the kitchen, but this was a little different in scale:
There were distinct types of ants that invaded together. There were light coloured largish ones, whose job seemed to be holding onto their white larvae/eggs. There were largish black ones, which were reported to bite. And there were tiny black ones, whose speciality was milling about very rapidly in circles.
I'm generally a no-insecticide kind of guy, but without a shop vac, I was forced to suggest taking the road more travelled, even if it does lead to eventual doom and destruction. Now our kitchen has been unusually ant-free for a couple of days! Chemicals are indeed our friends, even though this sunny relationship is bound to deteriorate rapidly.
I second the motion: spray 'em! Spray 'em good! :=)
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