We have an invasion. At first it was itty bitty bugs so tiny I didn't know what they are. We have a ew spots in our bathroom that I've elegantly blocked off against invasions (we get weird little guys in one corner from time to time and we have NO idea what they are but they're not supposed t be there, THAT we know.) and recently we got these other teeny things. Last night finding them in two rooms and seeing them a teeny bit better, I realized we gots ants. Wandering aimlessly about the linoleum. i grabbed an old old box of anti-ant stuff we had (we had a problem years ago from some ants that wandered in from upstairs where apparently they found yummies on the grill that hung out n the porch/deck of the neighbors upstairs) And i'd already sort of plunged the evening into chaos by damaging the oven door somehow) but ants there were. And are but less so I think. We found a pile of dirt by the front door with NO explanation (not the first time either) and apparently while the copper tape still works brilliantly against slugs, ants don't mind it a bit. So there's poison down (we don't have live pets) and then there's cinnamon sprinkled all along the thresholds of kitchen (now pile-less) and bathroom. Destroying ants' scent trails is a great way to discourage them. Years ago this worked in my Berkeley house, using cayenne along the window where they got it. Totally screwed them up.

But I would so like them gone. i mean every teeny little piece of fuff from a shoe or that gets dragged inside now has to be inspected. Does it move on its own? Can I bend over to smoosh it?

Ants. Why did it have to be ants?