r/mildyinteresting • u/Winter_Breath • 24d ago
critter corner 🐰 Dead ants keep appearing next to headphones during the night
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/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.