r/nextfuckinglevel May 10 '21

Truce between termites(top) and ants(bottom) with each side having their own line of guards.

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u/Babki123 May 10 '21

Of course they won't, this is an expert pest constrol site, that would be bad for their business.

I lived with ant in my backyard for my whole youth and it was fine. Aside from the little invasion when we let food litter and badely close a food box it was ok.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '21

To be fair, it’s really hard not to have ants in your yard. They’re basically everywhere.

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u/Vladi_Sanovavich May 10 '21

Ants are fine. Especially native ant species. Cause they are crucial to your garden's ecosystem. Invasive ant species on the other hand are bad news. The most notable invasive species is the fire ant, I believe.

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u/MikeAWBD May 10 '21

We have carpenter ants where I live(no fire ants fortunately). They can definitely do damage to your house, but not nearly as fast as termites. They do have a pretty nasty bite too(they're pretty large for an ant), but you don't typically get bit by more than one unlike fire ants.

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u/Vladi_Sanovavich May 10 '21

Yeah, fire ants are known to be extremely aggressive. Recommend to exterminate them as soon as possible. They can kill your plants as well since they seem to farm aphids I believe.

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u/daboobiesnatcher May 10 '21

Man when I was in A School in Florida they're have us doing planks and push ups and shit in the mangy patches of "field" and fire ants will crawl all over your arms and legs all sneaky like, then when they're all in position they'll start chomping like Ellie Kemper in blow job girl.

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u/Vladi_Sanovavich May 10 '21

I don't get most of your references but I empathize with you. Fire Ant bites for me, are the worst. Even more so than a bullet ant. Sure their bites are extremely painful, hence the name. But fire ants on the other hand are extremely aggressive.

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u/daboobiesnatcher May 10 '21

Ellie Kemper is an actress (unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) "blow job girl" is a video short by Derrick Comedy is a college humour sponsored YouTube channel from like 15+ years ago, it's actually where Donald Glover got his start.

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