Hmmmmm anybody have an explanation???

I admit the ants have been crazy at this time of year here but surely they have more tasty things to eat??!!




and to think that half a bag i have imported all the way from the USA to Australia!! Luckily they have not touched any of the un-opend ones!

Omg that is so gross!!!! It makes me itchy just looking at your pics! Thank goodness it was only half a bag...yuk!!! Its a wonder what they could like about pellets!
hugs
caroline
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Yuk they are horrible, as you say you'd think they'd prefer something tastier - maybe they think it's a bit like a nest?? Good luck in getting rid of them

oh dear, yes, i agree maybe they think its a nest? ants are clean insects i think??? lol.. i get ants galore in the summer.. i blame the kids who like to leave biscuit trails everywhere xxx

Oh yuk that is horrible, I hope they don't get into the babies. awful thought. Hope you get rid of them.

Ugh could you hose them down then dry the pellets?? Sorry don't know anything about reborning so unsure what the pellets are made of, good luck anyway Lynette

Oh yes... Horrible things they are!! I managed to coax them out of there with some nice sweet "Ant Rid" Ha ha, So they all diaspeared over a couple of nights!@!
Serves 'em right i say

I will wash the pellets in soap and water and dry them out...

GRRRRR... I am So over Bugs!! this time of year is BAD down under

But thank fully there is nothing wrong with the pellets, lol but i shall always be careful to seal my bags up now!
They don't seem interested in them in the dolls body, i have no idea why but left open in the packaging bag... it's just weird!!
YUKKK!

It sounds to me they were looking for nesting, I would disinfect the pellets first in a gentle nice smelling disinfectant, just in case they have laid eggs in among the pellets. If I was you.

Hey, maybe they think they are eggs and are trying to move them, the size and shape are the same as ants eggs. How weird! I can't believe they are eating them!

eeeeeeeek if theres one thing i hate its ants its making me itch just thinking about it ,wash them off with disenfectent like the girls say its a shame to wast your pellets there pricey enough lol magsbk

Oh yes Disinfectant!!
i watched them for a while...( i'm curious by nature )The little buggers where trying to run off with the pellets one by one..... Very strange indeed, maybey they did think they were eggs to take back to the Queen?

I know they couldn't lay eggs in there because they are only working ants, only the Queen can lay eggs thank fully!

Little Rascals!!!!

Thanks for your suggestions

You've given me a good chuckle with this thread. I'd have watched the little buggers too. You might have hit on a new idea for stuffing our babies - ants! Small, soft and they move.

Ants can be a nightmare if they get into your home.
We have had a bad problem with them this summer they were attracted to an elephant candle ornament we had, I was dusting one day and saw it was covered in black I screamed when I realised the black was a moving mass of ants. We traced them back into our lounge wall unit and they had made a nest in one of the DVD cases I had never seen a nest before but it was just like honeycombe. I felt awful but we had to hoover them all up, I hate to kill anything but it took days of that regime to get rid of them indoors then we had to put ant powder down, we found in the end that they were coming in through the conservatory.

YIKES!! OMG what do they want there!!????

What a shock!!

Hugs
Monika

UGGGH Deb!! I know how you felt!! They drive me crazy in the summer time here!

and having 4 children to leave tidbits for them lol encourages the little buggers i'm sure!

OMG and living in your CD Storage... the little pests and well at least our ants arn't the only ones that do crazy things What on earth did they want with your candle?! surely there are more tasty things outside... like BUGS!!!

Thank gosh all our ants fed on that lovely Ant Pioson and they are all gone from in my work room now!....
they are SO not Invited