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LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• BlueEther@no.lastname.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Now I need to know what I’m missing out on… I know the smell of formic acid, and can smell it if andts are really pissed off - but do they just smell?

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  • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I usually only smell it after they are agitated. I assume that’s what they meant? But usually when I’m smelling ants they are agitated.

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    • mrmisses@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Can you smell other insects or is it just ants? Any type of ant?

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      • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Most insects don’t have a strong odor. It’s all types of ants as far as I’ve noticed.

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• Shelena@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t know. This is the first time in my life I have ever heard about people smelling ants. I have a really good sense of smell normally, but I have never smelled ants. Never heard anybody say they could smell them either. So, I think it might be quite common.

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• notthebees@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m not exactly sure. My sense of smell has been shot since I got covid. It feels so weird. Some smells don’t exist, some are much stronger, some remained the same.

  One good example is burning anything while cooking.

  I can just feel it though. If I’m itchy while in my kitchen, 9/10 it’s ants (ground floor old apartment)

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• unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Omg the ants are so smelly

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