No ants in my pants

Now, granted, we're not exactly in the "in the sticks". But on our 17000 square feet of earth, the homestead ends up with it's share of critters.

One of the critters that hasn't come in full force inside the house (yet, knock on wood) is the ants. Mr. Incredible remembers lots of ants in the house as a kid, but so far they haven't been a problem. It's become a family joke as to what is keeping them away. Mr. Incredible always points to the doomsday of them "coming" but so far he is a false prophet.

The Energizer, eager of course to get to the bottom of the matter, has done some research and was told that termites keep ants away; we have a lot of fun giving tribute to these destructive little creatures for keeping away the harmless ants, hopefully it's not true.

Now there have also been a lot of spiders so they're starting to get some mention as the possible defender against the tiny troops. Wonder Woman barely goes in the bike shed anymore after entering a large black widows lair while trying to get out a cooler. I thought the spider was beautiful with it's full hourglass redspot, but somehow the wonder of God's creation was lost in her eyes.

Lately, we've been running into a lot of wolf spiders. Cosmic Boy seems to be able to find them on demand, and lately I've seen them at least 1X a week. Tonite, I almost accidentally stepped on 2 of them (1 outside and 1 inside). I'm guessing sometime back an eggsack with a gizzillion of these buggers must have hatched. Last year I was able to grab one by the leg with needle nose plyers and pull him out of the wall in the garage which tells you how strong their legs are. Not quite a tarantula, but close.

So, is it the termites or the spiders? Or maybe the ants are repelled by Dynagirl's electrical powers? Maybe the asbestos is still floating around from when the popcorn was removed from the ceiling and it keeps them away? There's plenty of room for the optimist or pessimist theories, take your pick or come up with one of your own; for now, we're just happy to be ant-free.