REDants!
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
May 12, 2018 5:04am CST
My sister suddenly called me loud. She was in the kitchen that time. She yelled at me, “ants!”
The cauldron where I cook the rice for the dogs is with many small red ants, so plenty that I had goose flesh. I immediately lit the stove up and opened the cauldron to turn and toss the rice. The red ants were scrambling to get out of the heating pot. But I was the vicious terminator and I used fire to kill the annoying red ants.
These red ants are so small, they have the capacity to bite fiercely and cause rashes. I would not like that.
Do you get goose bumps when you see a myriad of red ants? I had that a while ago.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
12 May 18
I seldom see ants. I lived in the countryside when I was young. I have seen a lot of ants, but I definitely don't like them. It tickles me to climb onto my skin.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
13 May 18
indeed, and all the more if they bite you. it can cause itch and hives.
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@Jessabuma (31696)
• Baguio, Philippines
12 May 18
Ohh ,hehehe!! I hate red ants..
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
13 May 18
He's hehehe!! I hate red ants..
------------hija, i don't understand the first phrase you commented. why the "He's hehehe!!"?
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@Jessabuma (31696)
• Baguio, Philippines
13 May 18
@ridingbet ohh sorry, I mistakenly typed it..
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@minx267 (15526)
• Hartford, Connecticut
21 May 18
@ridingbet LOL. Fried Red ants.. I wonder if they are tasty?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
22 May 18
@minx267 hahaha! there are bigger red ants that build nests and i think these ants can be eaten raw. we call that BUHOS. but i have not tasted this exotic food. if i will, maybe i will feel icky if the ants crawl inside my mouth
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
21 May 18
hahaha! yes, those red ants are 'fried'.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 May 18
ants are still considered God's creations.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
25 May 18
@id_peace but come to think of it, if one ant bites you, it is but natural for us to take the ant off your skin and at the same time, press or prick it to kill.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 May 18
@YrNemo better the food than the bite...?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
13 May 18
that is true. ants in groups are so annoying,especially if they are eating our favorite food. hahaha
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@YrNemo (20254)
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14 May 18
@ridingbet Those ants should know better, not to bite us ever.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
11 Jul 18
yes, and with a myriad of ants seen, we tend to shake and get icky about it. ewwwww
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
13 Jul 18
@arunima25 it is raining every afternoon here, and the bigger red ants are coming out of their nests.
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@popciclecold (40215)
• United States
16 May 18
Yes, they can be very hurtful. I don't blame you.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
18 May 18
they bite so teeny-weeny and the rash is as big as a coin.
@May2k8 (19788)
• Indonesia
16 Jul 18
@ridingbet yes because cooking oil more cheaper than coconut oil, ants don't like oil they are only like wet.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
16 Jul 18
cooking oil? can't the coconut oil do the same purpose as the cooking oil?
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@LadyDuck (502187)
• Italy
13 May 18
@ridingbet I have never seen red ants in this area.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
13 May 18
oh, the black ants there stay on pots? good for you to not have been intruded by these red ants.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
13 May 18
yes, i believe it is you who also made a discussion about the ants that get into your nerves. i think i even suggested a type of chalk that can eliminate the ants from coming in to your food.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
13 May 18
@ridingbet I'm glad it wasn't for you and you have yours separated from your dog's rice.
Happy Mother's Day to you as well. Thank you.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 May 18
@just4him yes, of course. we have separate rice from the dogs.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
13 May 18
good Sunday and happy mother's day to you.
no, i was not able to remove all the ants in the rice. i instead reheated the rice so the red ants were 'killed'. it was good because the rice was for the dogs and not us. we have our own cooked rice in the rice cooker pot.
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@renicemae (4883)
• Philippines
12 May 18
I'm not like that but yeah red ants are annoying and bites fiercely.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
13 May 18
really? so, you don't get goose flesh when you see plenty of ants maybe devouring a helpless little insect?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 May 18
@renicemae the black ants do carry food back to their nest. especially before the rains come, we usually see the black ants in line and 'kissing' each other back and forth their nest
@renicemae (4883)
• Philippines
13 May 18
@ridingbet 
Nope. Haven't experienced that. I just sweep them of and throw to the trashcan. Or sometimes when I'm feeling good, I just let them be..because I'm thinking that they are storing food for the rainy days. 
Nope. Haven't experienced that. I just sweep them of and throw to the trashcan. Or sometimes when I'm feeling good, I just let them be..because I'm thinking that they are storing food for the rainy days. 1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 May 18
right, even those flying and dirty cockroaches.
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@aureliah (24687)
• Kenya
14 May 18
@ridingbet They are ashame especially when you have guests over
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@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
12 May 18
We have that here to po. And I spray them with baking soda and water. So small but their bites are painful.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
13 May 18
good Sunday to you, hija. so, does your preparation of ant attack succeed in terminating them?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 May 18
@mlgen1037 i think there is a kind of chalk that can prevent the ants from reaching the place they want to go.
@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
13 May 18
@ridingbet It did it one part of the house then I saw where they really came from - outside on the wall of the door. 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
13 May 18
yes i can imagine somebody being crawled upon by ants. i think this was one of the punishments in a movie that i watched before. the head of the victim is the one above the land and he is poured honey so the ants went and hurt his face.
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
12 May 18
They probably sense it's going to rain soon some day or something. I wonder if they were in the rice pack or dispenser before you put it in the cooker.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
13 May 18
no, the rice from the dispenser is clean, no lice and no ants.
the red ants were groping under the stove and because i did not put the cauldron in a plate of water, the ants climbed up and went inside the pot.
regarding their premonition that it will rain, i believe it is the quick black ants that find a safe place for them to stay when it rains.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
13 May 18
true. there are big red ants that can be eaten as an exotic food; the medium-sized red ants, and the small ones that i found in our rice pot. these red ants bite and can cause rashes.
then the black ants that seem to be always hurrying.
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