Fuddland
Close all your windows — it’s Flying Ant Day!
Not quite as bad as Scotland last year, but still slightly creepy to see hundreds of them rising from between the cracks in the patio. And here, for your viewing pleasure and my own embarrassment, is the most pathetic nature documentary you’re ever likely to see.
I can still feel them crawling on me…
Comments
clair | 2005 / 07 / 23 – 19:43
Wow. David Attenborough in the making ;)
Lyle | 2005 / 07 / 25 – 13:54
Yeah, they were like that in Bracknell over the weekend too. Little fuckers.
Jann | 2005 / 07 / 25 – 17:50
This happened round at our place too. We were committing mass genocide of the ants with boiling water but they just kept appearing out of other crevices, a few feet away from whichever cluster we were destroying.
There was a particularly disturbing bit when we noticed a dolly belonging to my daughter appeared to have blackish, moving hair. It was like something out of a horror movie.
Speaking of horror movies, is that your voice on the quicktime movie?
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David | 2005 / 07 / 25 – 19:59
Re #3: Yes, that is my voice — not sure what you’re inferring! Well, I don’t think it’s my voice voice, more my “I’m making a movie, I feel a bit self-conscious” voice. :)
Gordon | 2005 / 07 / 26 – 11:09
Only spotted a few this year, but then I wasn’t in the city like last year - that was both gross and fascinating. Even just watching the people walking around in bewilderment.
Nice little movie… what’s it of?? ;-)
felicity | 2005 / 07 / 27 – 15:13
makes the little red ants in yorkshire look quite tame! haven’t seen flying ants like that since the 70’s/80’s - maybe they’ve heard there’s a revival and figured they’d be back in fashion…. boiling water - lots of it!
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