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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆linkfedilinkEnglish23•10 months 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•10 months agoIf there’s a food source they’re all over, it will smell like that even when they leave.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-210 months 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.