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ANTS IN THE PANTS

It's summer and we have ants in the house.

It happens every year.

They are the little ones. The Argentinians.

They are the ones that have a monstrous ant colony. One connects to the other. It is said that we sit on a single colony that reaches from here to Orange County.

A guy at UC at Riverside is the world expert on them.

When we moved here we had them all year long. A few, then more, then way more. Into fucking everything. Cereal, dog food, the trash. I once found a line going under the back slider up the bed, across the sheets, down to the floor and into the closet.

Up until recently, there was little defense. Then Terminix paid for the UCR guy to give them a consult and they have put together an arsenal of effective treatment.

The treatment is now available commercially with a two sided ®Raid ant traps.

Terminix was here the other day and they put down a different repellent. I put in the traps.

The ants are receding. In just a few days.

Of course, we are probably poisoning the entire world to get rid of the ants. Everything has consequences beyond the immediate objective.

One step at a time. We will work on the consequences next.

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