{"id":4412,"date":"2009-04-12T20:59:42","date_gmt":"2009-04-13T03:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/?p=4412"},"modified":"2009-04-12T21:00:52","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T04:00:52","slug":"redant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/12\/redant\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Ants Marching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They wait between the bridge and the bird island, very close to mediation walk.\u00c2\u00a0 Not the only red ant mound in Audubon Park, but certainly one of the largest.\u00c2\u00a0 So large that toddlers may find the urge to climb it.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4408\" title=\"img_79951\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_79951.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_79951.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_79951-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>She did it on Sunday, a week ago.\u00c2\u00a0 Falling into the pile meant that her hands and knees took the most punishment.\u00c2\u00a0 Little puss-filled bites are on her fingers on palms.\u00c2\u00a0 A few trail down her legs.\u00c2\u00a0 Paul was there in a second &#8212; we saw it happen before it actually happened &#8212; to beat the ants off of her, taking a few bites of his own.\u00c2\u00a0 It was traumatic for all of us.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4409\" title=\"img_8754\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_8754.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_8754.jpg 683w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_8754-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The sight of any bug, especially an ant, has become a terror for her &#8212; something her brother has started to exploit.\u00c2\u00a0 (&#8220;Look, Kate, there&#8217;s an ant on my truck!&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;Oh no!&#8221; says Kate, promptly dropping truck.)\u00c2\u00a0 Who knew Kate could develop a phobia?<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4413\" title=\"img_87581\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_87581.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_87581.jpg 683w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_87581-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see how long it lasts &#8212; and how long these take to heal.\u00c2\u00a0 As for the ants, I&#8217;ve written the Audubon Park people&#8230; and I hope they blast those varmints to smithereens.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4411\" title=\"img_8763\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_8763.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_8763.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_8763-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They wait between the bridge and the bird island, very close to mediation walk.\u00c2\u00a0 Not the only red ant mound in Audubon Park, but certainly one of the largest.\u00c2\u00a0 So large that toddlers may find the urge to climb it. 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