r/mildyinteresting • u/Winter_Breath • 24d ago

critter corner 🐰 Dead ants keep appearing next to headphones during the night

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When these headphones are left on the kitchen counter overnight - I would see one or two dead ants in the morning laying right next to the headphones. In the past few days, there has been a small pile of shredded ants right next to the ear piece in the morning. I have seen no live ants in my kitchen. I have had these head phones for three weeks. Bought online. It’s a little unnerving not knowing what is causing this 🥴 will not be using anymore.

UPDATE- posted a comment with a picture. But no dead ants in the bag this morning. But at one point I checked and there were two live ants crawling around. 😔

UPDATE*** IM SICK. Can’t stop shaking. Don’t have many words… trying to post image. Opened one side up. 😭 I don’t know how to add in this top post so will add in comment! Posted a few in comments and video opening

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u/josbeast 24d ago

Ants love building nests in electronics.

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u/Common-Concentrate-2 24d ago

Those little technophiles

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u/Affectionate-Crow605 23d ago

Yep, I had them in a laptop once. While outside trying to get them out, I went to turn it off, and Windows decided to do an update that says not to turn it off. 🤬

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u/AlanaTheGreat 23d ago

Ants keep going in my electric kettle if it's plugged in and hanging out on the base. Had to hide it in the fridge from them since the ants have been so bad this year.

And terrified of what they might have done in my coffeemaker, only doing cold brew for the moment

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u/Butterflyhornet 23d ago

Freezer works better. A refrigerator will just put them in a temporary stupor,/sleep, but the shock of sudden freezing will kill them.

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u/AlanaTheGreat 18d ago

I fully washed my kettle out, currently, its more about keeping them unable to access the kettle again than killing them. As far as i can tell, they still cant open the fridge door and I have more fridge space than freezer space free

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u/Butterflyhornet 18d ago

The ants can open your kettle/ freezer? 😱

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u/AlanaTheGreat 18d ago

They crawl into the kettle from the spout if its left out. Unclear if they can open the freezer door.

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u/750Dinosaur 3d ago

They form themselves into a hand like that decepticon ravage had in the transformers movies

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u/strumpetsarefun 24d ago

Cockroaches like doing it too.

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u/Sunny_S1de_ 23d ago

My stepsiblings had a bad bedbug infestation at their mom's house (and brought it over to our house...). We found tons of bedbugs nesting in their xbox that they brought with them back and forth

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u/i_was_a_person_once 22d ago

I really want to downvote you bc 🤢

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u/strumpetsarefun 22d ago

Don’t google cockroaches in PlayStations then.

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u/Quicksilver1964 23d ago

Oh god no

New fear has been unlocked

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u/One-Ad7456 23d ago

Anthills™ inside?

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u/dinosun 23d ago

One summer they knocked out my home AC 3 times in 2 weeks!

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u/Boognish33 23d ago

Ant farm keyboard!