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[-] Pandantic@midwest.social 3 points 9 hours ago

Literally ants domesticating lower life forms to get sustenance from them, which is wild to me.

[-] infinitevalence@discuss.online 31 points 23 hours ago

I normally have to pay for services like this. Lucky bastards.

[-] MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub 23 points 1 day ago

You're telling me this movie was actually accurate The ant bully

[-] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 day ago

I had this going on in my backyard one summer. Nearly killed my pepper plants but one application on pyrethrin luckily stopped it.

[-] untorquer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Dish soap diluted in water also works and is pollinator friendly.

Just a little bit of soap, a few drops in an old cleaner spray bottle filled with water should do it. Too much and you risk sun-burning the plants.

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago

Yeah, when I first started growing peppers I did this and nearly killed a bunch of plants because I used too much.

It only takes a tiny bit and works wonders.

[-] Forester@pawb.social 9 points 1 day ago

I prefer free range pre masticated pollen substance

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 21 hours ago

i mean you do you but personally i think honey is nicer
(honey is regurgitated nectar, not pollen. Pollen is rich in protein which would make for a very strange honey)

[-] Forester@pawb.social 2 points 20 hours ago
[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 hours ago

pollen juice? Not sure what you're on about, nectar is a liquid produced separately from pollen, specifically to attract pollinators.

Pollen is plant sperm, nectar is more equivalent to sweat/milk.

[-] nectar45@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago
[-] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

exhibitionist whore

[-] j4k3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Kinky aunts

[-] alykanas@slrpnk.net 0 points 23 hours ago

Ain’t no party like an ant party

this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2025
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