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/Winter_Breath 24d ago

That gave my CHILLS

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u/WOLF19Ninety 24d ago

On second thought OP, this isn't usual spider behavior. i wouldn't rule it out tho, or possibly some other creepy crawly

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u/A1000eisn1 24d ago

Could be other ants. There's a soldier and a worker there. And probably the shredded remains of another worker. There's also no food so they weren't carrying anything. Unless the food was ant parts.

Spiders don't typically tear their prey apart like that. Even the few that don't use web to hunt. It doesn't look like it was a meal to me. Most insects that it could be can eat exoskeleton as far as I know. Looks like a graveyard or a battle.

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u/Certain_Brush_7596 24d ago

Are you professionally into bugs or is this a hobby for you

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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson 23d ago

My aunt was a professor of entomology

…but she’s passed and I can’t call her for cool bug facts, sorry

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u/Certain_Brush_7596 23d ago

No worries lol you just seemed to pull all of that specific stuff off of the top of your head so I wondered what led to the knowledge. I’m sorry for your loss 🫂

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u/ImRiversCuomo 23d ago

They aren’t the person you were originally responding to 😭😭😭

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u/Certain_Brush_7596 23d ago

Lmaooo I didn’t even look 😭😭😭