Help me be less weirded out!?
I am clearly far from the cleanest person... but, I went to empty out my dishwasher next to the sink in the video. No swarm on the counter at that point. I finish emptying the dishwasher and I must have heard them drop into the sink cause I look up and the light fixture is being swarmed. Many had eggs. Counter is then also swarmed.
Are they moving the colony? I leave this light on every day. I just did the dishes a few hours ago and I placed that plate in the sink right before emptying the dishwasher. Maybe they smelled the syrup on the plate? They were all over the plate 2 days ago on the kitchen counter and I took the plate outside instead of rinsing them down the drain.
I live in my Dad's mobile home. The infestation has been here for years. I thought it was getting better cause I stayed on top of rinsing my plates off after every meal and keeping all my food in containers. My boyfriend and I have been dating for a couple months and I haven't really lectured him about ants... The counters keep getting covered in dishes covered in food. I ran 2 loads of dishes 2 days ago but the counters were covered in dirty dishes again by today. One time 5 years ago my sister said the ants were causing the fire alarm to go off and then the ceiling caved in..?
I'm honestly a little bit in shock, right now. Just hoping mainly to understand what is going on so I'm, like, less in shock. I think the ants are living in the ceiling because there are leaks in the roof and it's basically decaying..? So, it's like an ant colony in a rotten stump. But, why the sudden swarming on my light fixture?