Stupid ant traps

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

There were hundreds of ants streaming across my counter so I bought these traps thinking I could catch a bunch of ants, but after a couple of days there are only a few ants in the trap and all the other ants have disappeared. They don't fucking work AT ALL.

[Triple Zero]

But the other ants are gone, so problem solved, right?

Also if you disrupt the streams of ants in a certain way, they won't know where to go (pheromone trails) and maybe disperse?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

But how do I catch a lot of ants, if I needed a lot of ants?

[AFK]

Usually the way those things work is that the ants take the, poisonous, bait back to the colony and they die there.  That's why they don't come back. 

[The Johnny]

Why do you need ants??? 

maybe if yous turn your kitchen floor into a giant h0ney pool, theyll be attracted to it and get stuckeds in it.

then you collect them with a fork (not spoon, so the trap is left over for moar)

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Why do they call them "traps" if they don't actually TRAP the ants? That seems like false advertising. What a ripoff!

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Buy a plastic bottle of soda and when it's empty put it someplace where there's ants. When a bunch of them are inside getting the last drops, put the lid on. Trapped ants.

What are you going to do with them?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Buy a plastic bottle of soda and when it's empty put it someplace where there's ants. When a bunch of them are inside getting the last drops, put the lid on. Trapped ants.

What are you going to do with them?

This is a great idea!

Just a little project I'm working on...

[The Dark Monk]

Buy a plastic bottle of soda and when it's empty put it someplace where there's ants. When a bunch of them are inside getting the last drops, put the lid on. Trapped ants.

What are you going to do with them?

This is a great idea!

Just a little project I'm working on...

If it's a devious idea and you need fliers, a 2 litre of mountain dew with the top cut off and inverted with a slight amount of Dew left in the bottom works wonders

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Buy a plastic bottle of soda and when it's empty put it someplace where there's ants. When a bunch of them are inside getting the last drops, put the lid on. Trapped ants.

What are you going to do with them?

This is a great idea!

Just a little project I'm working on...

If it's a devious idea and you need fliers, a 2 litre of mountain dew with the top cut off and inverted with a slight amount of Dew left in the bottom works wonders

Oh I LIKE this!

[Triple Zero]

Usually the way those things work is that the ants take the, poisonous, bait back to the colony and they die there.  That's why they don't come back.

That kind of makes sense, actually.

Why do they call them "traps" if they don't actually TRAP the ants? That seems like false advertising. What a ripoff!

It's totally a ripoff, though.

But how do I catch a lot of ants, if I needed a lot of ants?

I believe I've seen monkeys do something like carefully inserting a stick into the nest and then licking them off.

But that was on TV, so it may have been a paid actor or CGI.

[AFK]

There are some that are kind of "traps"


I have some in my house right now that have a liquid bait and they are designed in a way that if the little buggers get down and wallow in the bait resevoir, they can't get back out.  But they are small, a little larger. than a stick of gum.  But mainly the little suckers will take the death food back to their buddies, which I'm glad for.  I don't want the fuckers in my house, alive OR dead.

[Eater of Clowns]

I know a guy who can get you ants.  TONS of ants.  Way too many ants.

[P3nT4gR4m]

Capture the queen. This way you'll end up with all the ants. Surely your mysterious, undoubtedly sinister machinations don't require more than all the ants?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I know a guy who can get you ants.  TONS of ants.  Way too many ants.

No such thing as too many ants.