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minus-square🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️linkfedilinkEnglish21•1 month agoThey do release formic acid which smells rank. But I’ve only ever smelled it from a large pile of dead ants. Not a few walking around outside or in a house.
minus-squarelivuslinkfedilink7•1 month agoIf there’s a food source they’re all over, it will smell like that even when they leave.
minus-square@CheradeninelinkEnglish3•edit-21 month agoCounterpoint, formic acid is delicious, it reminds me of malic acid, like apples.
They do release formic acid which smells rank. But I’ve only ever smelled it from a large pile of dead ants. Not a few walking around outside or in a house.
If there’s a food source they’re all over, it will smell like that even when they leave.
Counterpoint, formic acid is delicious, it reminds me of malic acid, like apples.