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[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago

The only time I've smelt ants is when they get crushed. Are you telling me you could smell an ant trail just by walking into a room?

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 22 points 5 months ago

Are you telling me that if you step on an ant and crush it, you can smell it?! Wtf is going on in this thread??

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 months ago

Science.

[-] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

My mind is being blown so much ITT. I don't recall any insect ever having a smell, crushed or otherwise.

[-] watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 months ago

Ladybugs have a weird smell when you handle them. Smells a bit like earwax.
Also, from the time when I hatched flies as food animals, flies really stink but you don’t normally notice because you don’t smell it when it’s just one. Put 100 flies in a bucket and they STINK.
No idea what’s going on with the ants though. I’m still not convinced this isn’t a hoax.

[-] 59QRRwD@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

You can smell earwax?!

[-] watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, it’s a weird bitter smell. Can’t really compare it to anything else. Except for the deterrent that ladybugs spray, I suppose.

[-] childOfMagenta@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago

I mean, I don't think I can smell them as described, but crushed I can clearly smell the formic acid.

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I don't mean just stepping on an ant. I mean when you were little and climbing a tree or playing on the ground and crushed some ants, smelled your hand to figure out what it was, and it smelled like ants...