The army ants came back yesterday!! They came up through the front veranda and then up through the back. Awwwhhh!!! They just came around on New Year’s Day and utterly destroyed a live wasp nest, removing it piece by piece. This was really amazing to watch …they dangled like a long piece of string from the nest…every wasp was attacked, over-powered and carried away. Look at this…how extraordinary!!

When the ants come around, it is truly an invasion. The best thing to do is to get out of the house and wait outside until they have scoured every inch of your house looking for insects, scorpions and spiders to carry off and devour. There is quite an extensive article on army ants in Wiki so I won’t re-hash all the information on my Blog. However, it is interesting to point out that their trails can get to 20 metres wide and 100 metres in length! They do not have permanent nests so they are constantly moving and foraging all the time. Since they are such aggressive foragers, they can also pick up small birds along their path…

If you happen to get in the way, these ants do bite. This happened to me once, a long time ago; I reacted really badly to a single bite on my foot and had severe urticaria…Gnome actually had to take me to hospital because I was in such an awful state. Now I know better…as soon as I see them trooping in…I cover myself up entirely and run out of the house!!

Because of the second visit, we had to take another day off. I didn’t complain about it because I did feel very tired and it was a welcome break!! Keep save every-one and don’t let the army ants bite or carry away any of your precious pets!!

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