Arrrghhh! I just picked up a bag of triple mix and found:

http://www.reptiles.org/~gwen/ant.jpg

underneath. Should I worry about them? They're grossing me out something
fierce [I don't know if the little red ants are showing up - but the
white things look like cocoons not maggots.

I'm in Toronto, ON - Zone 6a.

cheers!
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desire for fish and an equally deep, passionate and profound desire to
avoid getting wet. This is the defining metaphor of my life right now."

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Cat wrote:
Arrrghhh! I just picked up a bag of triple mix and found:
http://www.reptiles.org/~gwen/ant.jpg

underneath. Should I worry about them? They're grossing me out something
fierce [I don't know if the little red ants are showing up - but the
white things look like cocoons not maggots.

I'm in Toronto, ON - Zone 6a.

Following up to myself, they look like:

http://www.pestcontrolcanada.com/Que...his%20pest.htm

[search down the page for #88b or 'ants']

cheers!
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"A cat spends her life conflicted between a deep, passionate and profound
desire for fish and an equally deep, passionate and profound desire to
avoid getting wet. This is the defining metaphor of my life right now."

"Cat" wrote in message
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Arrrghhh! I just picked up a bag of triple mix and found:

http://www.reptiles.org/~gwen/ant.jpg

underneath. Should I worry about them? They're grossing me out something
fierce [I don't know if the little red ants are showing up - but the
white things look like cocoons not maggots.

No problem, they are not bad if you use a little butter when you fry them
up. Tasty!

In article vYeKc.101261$MB3.53885@attbi_s04, Mary wrote:
"Cat" wrote in message
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Arrrghhh! I just picked up a bag of triple mix and found:
http://www.reptiles.org/~gwen/ant.jpg
underneath. Should I worry about them? They're grossing me out something
fierce [I don't know if the little red ants are showing up - but the
white things look like cocoons not maggots.

No problem, they are not bad if you use a little butter when you fry them
up. Tasty!

I prefer candied grasshoppers - ants always seem to catch on my tongue
when I eat them.

[the local suggestion seems to be Lasius Flavus/Yellow Ant, and not to
worry. I'm still trying to get to "don't worry" though ;]

cheers!
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"A cat spends her life conflicted between a deep, passionate and profound
desire for fish and an equally deep, passionate and profound desire to
avoid getting wet. This is the defining metaphor of my life right now."

Cat said:

Arrrghhh! I just picked up a bag of triple mix and found:

http://www.reptiles.org/~gwen/ant.jpg

underneath. Should I worry about them? They're grossing me out something
fierce [I don't know if the little red ants are showing up - but the
white things look like cocoons not maggots.

The ants found the temperature and humidity under the bag to be perfect for
their nursery. I bet they started hustling the larvae and/or pupae off to somewhere
less exposed once you lifted the bag.
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Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

In article ,
Pat Kiewicz wrote:
Cat said:
Arrrghhh! I just picked up a bag of triple mix and found:
http://www.reptiles.org/~gwen/ant.jpg

The ants found the temperature and humidity under the bag to be perfect for
their nursery. I bet they started hustling the larvae and/or pupae off
to somewhere less exposed once you lifted the bag.

Impressively so, yes ; I think they'd managed to get everything under
cover in something less than 15 minutes ;

The local nursery seems to think that they're Lasius Flavus - Yellow Ants,
and can be considered harmless, which leaves me feeling much better. [still
rather disconcerted by the... uh... magnitude... but better ;]

cheers!
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"A cat spends her life conflicted between a deep, passionate and profound
desire for fish and an equally deep, passionate and profound desire to
avoid getting wet. This is the defining metaphor of my life right now."