NicksWifey
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We have been noticing an ant problem in our apartment lately. I figured because of all the rain and because it's summertime, ants would be more popular. Seeing an ant or two or even three once in a while doesn't bother me but last week, I found about 300 or so of them lying dead in front of our dining room window on the floor...WTF?! At first I thought it was all this unexplainable black crap until I realized they were little dead ants, with wings lying randomly around. I immediately got them and the carpet cleaned up.
So this past Sunday, around 5 in the morning when I was asleep, Nick woke me up and told me we had a serious issue. I followed him into the kitchen where the overhead fluorescent light was on and there were about 50 or so small, winged insects flying around in a swam, LIKE CRAZY. We just started killing them, spraying them, smashing them, however we could. We turned off the light and noticed the activity started to calm down. Then he showed me a large pile of MORE dead ants in the same place they were last week, this time even more of them! Enraged, I left a nasty voicemail at the apartment management office afterwards and explained to them to get someone over here Monday (today) ASAP to spray since pest control is part of our monthly dues.
Today Nick came home from work and there was no indication of anyone being there. No funny spray smell in the house, no note, no callback, NOTHING. So when he told me that, I told him to get down to the office and blow a head gasket on them and they told him someone sprayed earlier and that there are other people complaining of the "winged ants". After reading on the internets, I believe they are winged termites and apparently they get inside, shed their wings and go off and die somewhere, which is what happened. They look like ants without wings when they are dead. He told them that and they acted so nonchalant about it and he also said he would appreciate them following up with us about our complaint. I just think it's bullshit. We pay nearly $1000 a month to live here and I refuse to live with these pests. Has anyone else dealt with these damned things before? Any other alternatives to pesticides?
So this past Sunday, around 5 in the morning when I was asleep, Nick woke me up and told me we had a serious issue. I followed him into the kitchen where the overhead fluorescent light was on and there were about 50 or so small, winged insects flying around in a swam, LIKE CRAZY. We just started killing them, spraying them, smashing them, however we could. We turned off the light and noticed the activity started to calm down. Then he showed me a large pile of MORE dead ants in the same place they were last week, this time even more of them! Enraged, I left a nasty voicemail at the apartment management office afterwards and explained to them to get someone over here Monday (today) ASAP to spray since pest control is part of our monthly dues.
Today Nick came home from work and there was no indication of anyone being there. No funny spray smell in the house, no note, no callback, NOTHING. So when he told me that, I told him to get down to the office and blow a head gasket on them and they told him someone sprayed earlier and that there are other people complaining of the "winged ants". After reading on the internets, I believe they are winged termites and apparently they get inside, shed their wings and go off and die somewhere, which is what happened. They look like ants without wings when they are dead. He told them that and they acted so nonchalant about it and he also said he would appreciate them following up with us about our complaint. I just think it's bullshit. We pay nearly $1000 a month to live here and I refuse to live with these pests. Has anyone else dealt with these damned things before? Any other alternatives to pesticides?
