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Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Has to be, it’s got that same “bite” that other acids have, only a little more earthy

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  • j5906@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I cant smell ants but I can “smell” formic acid. Even diluted formic acid is so much more pungent and terrible then vinegar, so I doubt its that…

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    • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I went and read up on it, was going to edit in , but I’ll just do it here.

      Apparently it isn’t the formic acid, it’s other chemicals, and not all ants produce them. I have smelled what they’re talking about, or at least three descriptions of one kind of ant smelling like funky cheese is something I have run into.

      So you’re totally right, and my assumption was wrong.

      But damn, formic acid, even dilute, really is pungent. Nose wrinkling, sneeze inducing for me.

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      • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Care to share what you read? I’m curious, too.

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      • unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah so i paid a team of experts to do my job

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• unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah

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• AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Depends. With North American formica ants, it’s formic acid, but with Canadian odorous house ants, it’s a methyl ketone that smells a lot like blue cheese.

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    smells a lot like blue cheese

    Oh, so stinky feet smell?

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    • AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Kinda? I’d almost describe it as halfway between stinky feet and the smell that stink bugs give off.

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