... it was ONE honey-nut cheerio.
So why the hell did it attract 400 ants?
Note: the accompanying photo is a "stock" one from the google image search and is only *representative* of what happened on the kitchen floor yesterday -- I swept the actual one out the back door before I thought about taking a snapshot.
Additional note: on said kitchen floor yesterday, it might have only been 40 ants and not 400, but it was many more than I expected.
Lookit -- I understand that, with a kitchen door that opens up right into the wide wild world of Florida flora and fauna, I recognize that a spill in that room is going to likely result in an invasion of the Formicidae kind. I just would have rather that the ants had sent an exploratory expedition instead of the whole damn worker colony. I'd much prefer to sleep soundly thinking that me and my two legs have some kind of superiority over the six legged creatures that really rule the world.
THE YOUTUBE SAYS THOSE ANTS LOVE THE HONEY NUT CHEERIO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EHgQzPtIAU
SPEAKING OF ANTS AND CHEERIOS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5xlQsY-s1U
SO THEY APPARENTLY SMELLED IT AS IT FELL:
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2012/09/10/ants-have-an-exceptionally-high-def-sense-of-smell/
