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[Canadian anter]

Killing a formica queen and eating some S.xyloni workers.

You can't just tell us you ate Solenopsis and not give us some context.

Solenopsis workers are the only true path to flavourtown

[ponerinecat]

they actually had a really strong taste, a bit bitter.

[Hightlyze]

Did you literally eat ants?

[ponerinecat]

yes

yes i did

[Ferox_Formicae]

yes

yes i did

Could be worse. You could've almost died from being stung on the uvula by two Brachyponera chinensis queens and having it swell up to nearly twice it's original size...

[ponerinecat]

oh jeez

[Hightlyze]

So you have consumed a formicidae, specifically Selenopsis xyloni and has entered your mouth through the esophagus then to your stomach and has progressed through your digestive track? Did you defecate it for the removal of the consumed formicidae?

Edited by Hightlyze, September 19 2019 - 7:34 PM.

[ponerinecat]

So you have consumed a formicidae, specifically Selenopsis xyloni and has entered your mouth through the esophagus then to your stomach and has progressed through your digestive track? Did you defecate it for the removal of the consumed formicidae?

itsa ant. it was likely dissolved.

[TennesseeAnts]

Yeah the exoskeleton of an ant is made of a sugar known as chiten.

[ANTdrew]

Central American natives fry up Atta queens in oil and eat them as a snack. I tried it many moons ago, and they were quite tasty.

[ponerinecat]

Has anyone tried weaver ants yet?

[Antennal_Scrobe]

I've had "ants on a stick" at the Wisconsin State Fair. Polyrhachis workers and Oecophylla queens stuck to a marshmallow covered pretzel stick. It was pretty good, but the formic acid taste was gross.

[EchoMeter4]

Joining back to the "Ants & Ant-Keeping" Discord server

[ANTdrew]

Here’s one: we were trying to sell my house, and an investor was coming to look at it. I thought he might not understand my massive Tetramorium colony, so I draped a towel over their dirt tank. I didn’t realize that the towel drooped down and touched the top of their liquid feeder. This created a bridge out. Less than five minutes later HUNDREDS of workers had streamed out - minutes before said investor was supposed to arrive!

[Hightlyze]

Here’s one: we were trying to sell my house, and an investor was coming to look at it. I thought he might not understand my massive Tetramorium colony, so I draped a towel over their dirt tank. I didn’t realize that the towel drooped down and touched the top of their liquid feeder. This created a bridge out. Less than five minutes later HUNDREDS of workers had streamed out - minutes before said investor was supposed to arrive!

r/therewasanattempt to hide ants and to sell a house

[ANTdrew]

Here’s one: we were trying to sell my house, and an investor was coming to look at it. I thought he might not understand my massive Tetramorium colony, so I draped a towel over their dirt tank. I didn’t realize that the towel drooped down and touched the top of their liquid feeder. This created a bridge out. Less than five minutes later HUNDREDS of workers had streamed out - minutes before said investor was supposed to arrive!

r/therewasanattempt to hide ants and to sell a house

Facts bruh

[Antennal_Scrobe]

Here’s one: we were trying to sell my house, and an investor was coming to look at it. I thought he might not understand my massive Tetramorium colony, so I draped a towel over their dirt tank. I didn’t realize that the towel drooped down and touched the top of their liquid feeder. This created a bridge out. Less than five minutes later HUNDREDS of workers had streamed out - minutes before said investor was supposed to arrive!

Was the colony OK?

[ANTdrew]

Yeah, they’re at a point where losing a couple hundred is hardly noticable.

[AntsDakota]

Inspector- "I'm sorry sir, but I will have to knock a couple thousand off your estimate due to mass infestation."