Ants in the pants!

Ok seriously what the hell is up with ants? I can’t think of any more annoying creature on the planet than an ant. They never used to bother me up until a couple of months ago when they completely took over the house and my room out the back.

In the beginning when they invaded my room it was my fault as I did leave a few plates and scraps sitting on my desk but when I discovered the ants the dirty plates were promptly removed. This process happened a few times until my bedroom was completely overrun by the pests. I had my usual sulk then went about cleaning up but the ants just kept on coming. In the end I pulled my desk and bed out of the corners of my room and went postal on their thoraxes.

With my can of ant killer in one hand and an evil gleam in my eye I went to work and I eradicated every ant in sight, all that was left behind was their lifeless bodies lined up one by one. After the slaughter I vacuumed out my room and cleared away the ants, I thought my problem was over, but I was wrong, dead wrong.

The following evening I was in my room watching dvd’s and snacking on something which I don’t remember. When I had finished eating I put the bowel in my fridge as the ants can’t get to it there. However I had forgotten about my fork (which had been licked completely clean anyway) and a pack of gum the I had in my pocket. I left the now cleaned (thanks to my mighty tongue) fork and the sealed pack of gum on the desk and returned to my movie viewing.

Little over an hour later I turned back to my desk to grab the remote and to my horror the horrible little creatures were back and it wasn’t just one or two. I’m talking mass amounts of the things! Once again I had the pleasure of destroying the small army of insects but it felt pointless as they just kept coming back for more.

Usually when it comes to bugs and insects I’m not the biggest fan to begin with, but I can usually justify why the creature exists. I just think back to a scene in the movie Charlotte’s Web where Charlotte (the spider for those who don’t remember) explained how every creature serves its purpose. In that scene for instance Charlotte was trying to ease Wilburs (was that the pigs name?) fear of spiders by explaining that spiders catch and eat all the other bugs and insects so they don’t overrun the planet, well her explanation of spiders worked for Wilbur and also worked for me. I still hate spiders but I live blissfully ignorant in the fact that I believe that if it wasn’t for spiders there would be many more creepy crawlies driving me insane.

Anyway the point I am trying to make here is what the hell is an ant’s purpose here on our planet? Or at least why do they still exist in suburbia?