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the bravest child bret henford
i am p sure the frizzle is a roo, n it seems to be the only frizzle?
 
have a cold front n strong wind coming in today which meant i had to try n move some stuff around in the yard where i could adequately cover it
which is fun when ants decide to build a hill inside the strawberry planter and weaken the wood. i maaaaay be able to salvage this but i'd rather blowtorch it since they swarmed my feet when their hill fell out the bottom
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it was not enough to be swarmed by ants i also got followed by the big boy
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Last year I tried a reverse ant trap of sorts around my house. I was tired of having carpenter ants invading and have learned through trial and massive error not to destroy their nest, lest you make them relocate closer. So, I encouraged them with actual ant bait which I know works. I just put the humming bird nectar fluid in tiny containers and place those away from my house. It worked last year; they did not break the entrance of the house.

I don't know what kind of ants you are dealing with. If it is fire ants, I don't know if that will work. The sugar ants (tiny) wake up first and invade the garage in spring, but then are basically gone by summer as a pest. Its the carpenter ants that are the destructive ones that invade and move their nests around here. I'm going to do the same thing this year because giving them a source of food and water away from the house is easier than trying to destroy the indestructible.
 
there's a wide variety of ants around the yard here n they get everywhere
never seen so many ant varieries anywhere i've lived at before
 
not an ant but too impatient to find the outdoor thread+don't care look at this beautiful bitch outside my office
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My favorite moth I've seen is the mammoth moth, Cecropia moth (Hyalophora cecropia). Scared the shit out of a black coworker of mine who thought it was a bat when it flew into our shop and fell from dust on it's wings ages ago lol

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My favorite moth I've seen is the mammoth moth, Cecropia moth (Hyalophora cecropia). Scared the shit out of a black coworker of mine who thought it was a bat when it flew into our shop and fell from dust on it's wings ages ago lol

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i'm rather fond of moths... can't find the pic i took of one hanging out on my hand or the giant one the size of my palm i found. i like identifying the local ones tho, n they're always pretty
i think my favs are these pink lemonade ones (they're officially called rosy maple, but i never remember the name)
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Your welcome to help with that.
I am not local to that particular ant problem. And I'm NOT a cock!

My favorite moth I've seen is the mammoth moth, Cecropia moth (Hyalophora cecropia). Scared the shit out of a black coworker of mine who thought it was a bat when it flew into our shop and fell from dust on it's wings ages ago lol

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Nice. That should be the template for your next face stamp.
 
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