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Bugs live in a brutal world.
I just watched a bug that looked like a flying ant with wings attack a spider and kill it.
(I'm outside on campus.)
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I'm very speciesist when it comes to my home. Only members of my own species are invited. Beneficial gut microorganisms and related probiotic foods are a special exception.
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When I was home today, I saw an ant in the living room. I've seen a few and I already put out poison bait houses and I thought that took care of the minor ant issue, but then one more ant today. I stomped on it and came back with a tissue to pick it up. It was squished but wriggling. I couldn't get it free of the carpet pile, so I went to get my Dyson vacuum, which can suck up all the things. It couldn't get the ant.
I paused and watched the ant a little. It looked like its head was attached to the carpet and it was trying to free itself. I couldn't tell how it was attached. It looked like it was trying to back up. Sometimes it wriggled itself into a headstand. Its back section was dented in, but all of its legs were still functional.
I left it like that, left my home.
I'm sorry to leave you suffering, ant. It's a brutal world for bugs.
Edit, 21:45: Came home. The dented ant is gone. I killed another ant walking across my carpet.
I just watched a bug that looked like a flying ant with wings attack a spider and kill it.
(I'm outside on campus.)
~~~
I'm very speciesist when it comes to my home. Only members of my own species are invited. Beneficial gut microorganisms and related probiotic foods are a special exception.
~~~
When I was home today, I saw an ant in the living room. I've seen a few and I already put out poison bait houses and I thought that took care of the minor ant issue, but then one more ant today. I stomped on it and came back with a tissue to pick it up. It was squished but wriggling. I couldn't get it free of the carpet pile, so I went to get my Dyson vacuum, which can suck up all the things. It couldn't get the ant.
I paused and watched the ant a little. It looked like its head was attached to the carpet and it was trying to free itself. I couldn't tell how it was attached. It looked like it was trying to back up. Sometimes it wriggled itself into a headstand. Its back section was dented in, but all of its legs were still functional.
I left it like that, left my home.
I'm sorry to leave you suffering, ant. It's a brutal world for bugs.
Edit, 21:45: Came home. The dented ant is gone. I killed another ant walking across my carpet.