I just found a queen ant on my desk.
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@futurebird Oh! I thought queens would generally try to start their own colonies rather than set up in (or next to) an existing one.
Well she wouldn't want to be too close, but maybe knowing there are colonies makes it seem like a safe place?
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Well she wouldn't want to be too close, but maybe knowing there are colonies makes it seem like a safe place?
@futurebird true, i guess you wouldn't want to set up shop in a barren hellscape
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I just found a queen ant on my desk. She must have come in from outside, she's not from any of the ants that I already keep. Her plan was to live under my keyboard, but she's in a test tube now and will be a pet.
I have this bad feeling ants are passing around tips about "a place where you can go where this human will set you up"
“A kind hearted woman lives here”
Ants wouldn’t use a sketch of a cat for that probably — a big amiable aphid???
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I just found a queen ant on my desk. She must have come in from outside, she's not from any of the ants that I already keep. Her plan was to live under my keyboard, but she's in a test tube now and will be a pet.
I have this bad feeling ants are passing around tips about "a place where you can go where this human will set you up"
@futurebird check your fence post and curb/driveway for tiny hobo sign.
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This is possible, however she isn't that kind of species. Just a girl on her own trying to make it in the big city.
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I just found a queen ant on my desk. She must have come in from outside, she's not from any of the ants that I already keep. Her plan was to live under my keyboard, but she's in a test tube now and will be a pet.
I have this bad feeling ants are passing around tips about "a place where you can go where this human will set you up"
I totally believe that's the case.
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I just found a queen ant on my desk. She must have come in from outside, she's not from any of the ants that I already keep. Her plan was to live under my keyboard, but she's in a test tube now and will be a pet.
I have this bad feeling ants are passing around tips about "a place where you can go where this human will set you up"
@futurebird Cats are the same way.
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I just found a queen ant on my desk. She must have come in from outside, she's not from any of the ants that I already keep. Her plan was to live under my keyboard, but she's in a test tube now and will be a pet.
I have this bad feeling ants are passing around tips about "a place where you can go where this human will set you up"
@futurebird
They aren’t wrong. -
It's also possible she was attracted to my large healthy captive colonies. I wonder if queens look for that.
I found her wings! She flew in the window and broke them off.
I've been searching my apartment, since if you find one queen ant there are often more. But, I can't find any more random ants, so this one queen just ... flew up to the 6th floor, came in over the AC and set up on my desk.
I am willing to admit I may find more ants than most people since I notice them more. However I still think this is a bit wild.
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I've been searching my apartment, since if you find one queen ant there are often more. But, I can't find any more random ants, so this one queen just ... flew up to the 6th floor, came in over the AC and set up on my desk.
I am willing to admit I may find more ants than most people since I notice them more. However I still think this is a bit wild.
Last year a queen ant landed on me when I was waiting for the bus on Park Ave.
I still have her. Lovely colony.
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Last year a queen ant landed on me when I was waiting for the bus on Park Ave.
I still have her. Lovely colony.
@futurebird in your place I'd start looking for supernatural explanations but I am ridiculously lenient towards superstitions
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Last year a queen ant landed on me when I was waiting for the bus on Park Ave.
I still have her. Lovely colony.
@futurebird do you have special ant attraction powers?
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I've been searching my apartment, since if you find one queen ant there are often more. But, I can't find any more random ants, so this one queen just ... flew up to the 6th floor, came in over the AC and set up on my desk.
I am willing to admit I may find more ants than most people since I notice them more. However I still think this is a bit wild.
You seem to be popular then
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Last year a queen ant landed on me when I was waiting for the bus on Park Ave.
I still have her. Lovely colony.
@futurebird That's cool as hell! I'm going to look at some pictures because, right now, I'm not even sure I'd recognize a queen ant as anything other than a bug.
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I've been searching my apartment, since if you find one queen ant there are often more. But, I can't find any more random ants, so this one queen just ... flew up to the 6th floor, came in over the AC and set up on my desk.
I am willing to admit I may find more ants than most people since I notice them more. However I still think this is a bit wild.
@futurebird Any guess what kind?
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@futurebird Any guess what kind?
It's Camponotus chromaiodes
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Last year a queen ant landed on me when I was waiting for the bus on Park Ave.
I still have her. Lovely colony.
@futurebird She chose you!
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Last year a queen ant landed on me when I was waiting for the bus on Park Ave.
I still have her. Lovely colony.
@futurebird the question is, how are they getting the word out about you? Have you inspected your windowsills for tiny semaphore towers lately?
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@futurebird
Made me think of this.
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It's also possible she was attracted to my large healthy captive colonies. I wonder if queens look for that.
I found her wings! She flew in the window and broke them off.
@futurebird a little Red Bull will fix her right up!
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