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I, for one, welcome our tiny arthropodic overlords.
Posted by: Siouxie | July 02, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Blame Alexander Graham Bell.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | July 02, 2009 at 10:55 AM
this is why we keep a yard, and kitchen, full of fire ants to guard our property.
Posted by: crossgirl | July 02, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Time to buy Raid and other associated chemicals.
Posted by: ArcticAl | July 02, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Dave, the other 2/3 are in my yard.
Posted by: nursecindy | July 02, 2009 at 11:44 AM
That article linked by Meanie has the following statement near the bottom:
"For a hilarious description of ants treating living nestmates as corpses, see page 279 of Wilson, E. O. 1971"
if you study ants for a living, I suspect your sense of humor becomes somehat "unusual".
Posted by: Wally Ballou | July 02, 2009 at 11:47 AM
I always suspected that that Joan Collins movie, "Empire of the Ants," was factual.
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | July 02, 2009 at 12:24 PM
The other third has apparently taken up residence in my kitchen...
*wanders off to Home Depot for poisonous chemicals*
Posted by: djtonyb | July 02, 2009 at 12:31 PM
Pretty soon they're going to be responding to comic book ads and sending away for glass enclosures that we'll all be running around in while they watch in amazement.
For now, I'm going to send away for some syntax.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | July 02, 2009 at 01:54 PM
Wish I'd known about sin tax, Meanie.
Posted by: NotSherly | July 02, 2009 at 02:16 PM
THEEEEEEEEMMMMMMMMM!
Posted by: Mad Librarian | July 02, 2009 at 02:25 PM
What Siouxie said, up ^ there.
Yup, Them!.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | July 02, 2009 at 03:15 PM
I think that we now know the cause of global warming. The ants have constructed a giant magnifying glass in outer space and are frying us.
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | July 02, 2009 at 03:31 PM
Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.
Posted by: Mary | July 02, 2009 at 05:40 PM
That's it, I'm moving to Antarctica!
Posted by: glocke380 | July 02, 2009 at 07:21 PM
Am I the only one who thinks it's possible to coexist peacefully with the ants?
I mean, all we need to do is genetically engineer our human offspring to give off the same chemical signature as the ant megacolony, and they should accept us as part of their family, right?
Posted by: Jonadab | July 02, 2009 at 08:31 PM
Tiny arthropodic overlords, indeed. No matter how many times the exterminator visits my house, they (the Argentine ants) are back inside within 3 days.
Lately, I've been spraying the base of the foundation all the way around the house with Raid Max. It seems to be working, but I have to do it every other day.
Damnit.
Posted by: Spiny Norman | July 03, 2009 at 12:27 AM
In Europe, one vast colony of Argentine ants is thought to stretch for 6,000km (3,700 miles) along the Mediterranean coast, while another in the US, known as the "Californian large", extends over 900km (560 miles) along the coast of California. A third huge colony exists on the west coast of Japan.
Not only "along the coast", but a good 80-100 miles inland. Trust me on this...
Posted by: Spiny Norman | July 03, 2009 at 12:30 AM