Ants put Battle of Helmsdeep to shame.

I had a major incursion into my kitchen, bathroom and bedroom of Ants.

I think judging by the numbers, they had been planning this raid for quite some time. Some targets were very specific (bins, petfood) others were illogical (soap, bed).

For inspiration, I think they must have watched LOTR: Two towers or perhaps ROTK - because they came in such numbers, that any of the battles we saw in those two movies, just looked like practice runs for the real thing.

From 3pm until 9pm we battled the nasty little critters, which were like a living carpet on the floor of the kitchen and on my benches. We went and got reinforcements in the form of 2 cans of mortein and filled the rooms with its deadly contents and sat outside for half an hour waiting for the gas to dissipate.

Eventually, armed with a vacuum cleaner and a roll of garbage bags, the kitchen was sucked clean, everything thrown out that we didnt need including spices, various bits of fruit, bread which somehow had ants in it.. and then I cleaned everything, walls, floor, benchtops stove whilst other rooms were similarly cleaned and vacuumed.

I do not think however that this particular war is won, I have a feeling they have retreated back into the walls and down into their nests and are plotting the next attack.

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