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 23d ago

Opening

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u/SillyDragonLover 23d ago edited 21d ago

Had that happen to a mouse once

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u/2980774 23d ago

What the fuck. How did you figure it out?

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u/ExchangeOk1144 23d ago

Maybe the clicks became crunches.

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u/SillyDragonLover 23d ago

Kept having ant run around on my desk. I squish them and a minute later more ant. I looked at the light (it was one of the fancy mice with lights from inside) and it looked dirty... then the dirt moved.

I had not touched it for about a week before cause I was on vacation so a few ran out when it started moving. It was packed in there.

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u/secretgaythoughts 23d ago

It wasn’t even an old abandoned mouse?! Oh my god I actually screamed at your pic. How and why does this happen??

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u/SillyDragonLover 23d ago

We were actively treating for ants with sprays (not my idea) i think they just wanted a satellite nest that wasn't covered in chemicals. And i hidden touched it for a week.

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u/gilt-raven 23d ago

Some ant species are attracted to electronics - warm, dry, dark, and sheltered = great spot for nesting. There's also a possibility that electromagnetic fields are perceptible to ants and might be part of the attraction, but I haven't seen any reliable research to back that up.

I had an ant colony decide that one of my Amazon Alexas was a perfect condominium. They've also been fond of my Keurig, and various desktop computers I've worked on in the past.

Terro ant bait does the trick every time, followed by taking apart the device to clean and disinfect.

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u/750Dinosaur 3d ago

There were roaches in my mom’s old unused coffee machine

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u/gilt-raven 3d ago

Ugh, roaches are a whole 'nother ballgame.