My pumpkin had pointy teeth.
Then the ants came. It’s the same every year; the infestation begins the moment the pumpkin goes outside. I know, I know there are ways to prevent this: I just wait until the last minute to put them out.
What really amuses me is the large chunks of skin the ants manage to throw out. You can see them on the step… and if you look really close you can see all the ants. Most of them were sleeping. Pumpkin must be to an ant like turkey is to a human.
So I propose the name of a new band. Who needs the Smashing Pumpkins when you can watch the Slowly-Being-Eaten Rotting Infested Jack-O-Lanterns?
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November 5, 2014 at 10:58 am
That name just made me laugh!
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November 5, 2014 at 5:02 pm
Thank you. 🙂
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November 5, 2014 at 10:24 am
Our pumpkin got really soft and moldy really quickly this year. First Halloween in Seattle, so I’m not sure if it was the pumpkin or the humidity but kind of a bummer!!!
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November 5, 2014 at 5:01 pm
The one my son carved that stayed in the house longer – the small one – went moldy too. It’s got to be the temperature. Here at least when they go outside it’s like they’re refrigerated.
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November 5, 2014 at 4:50 am
Ha, that is amusing! And I like that band name. 🙂
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November 5, 2014 at 4:52 pm
😀 Thanks!
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November 4, 2014 at 9:56 pm
I’ve not seen a Jack-O-Lantern in person, but found this hilarious. We get ant infestations every summer here. Who knew they loved pumpkins? These uninvited guests love to run about the walls and hide in the toilet at night. We’ve tried all the non-toxic ways to say excuse me but would you mind living somewhere else. We put stinky Eucalyptus oil about the place and other natural see-you-later suggestions. But ants don’t know about home ownership. They live where they please. Thanks for putting a smile on my face. 🙂
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November 4, 2014 at 10:07 pm
Happily my pumpkins and my ants are all outside. I’ve been plagued with a few different kinds of insects in my house… currently it’s fruit flies but the worst were the pantry moths that already lived here when we took up residence. They did NOT leave easily.
Glad to give you a smile. 🙂
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November 4, 2014 at 8:53 pm
My pumpkins got destroyed by ants this year to, but when they were on our wooden porch last year I never saw one ant, this year on our new concrete steps they were all over the insides.
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November 4, 2014 at 10:19 pm
Huh. Maybe it’s a concrete thing. My wooden deck is at the back of my house though – no trick or treaters back there. 😛
I learned my lesson last year – this year I put my pumpkin outside just before dark on the 31st.
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November 4, 2014 at 10:23 pm
Im to impatient to wait until then, my decorations come out way before the actual holiday usually. Like my Christmas trees, they will be up by November 25 and wont come down until January 5th.
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November 4, 2014 at 10:26 pm
Oh, taking things down is another story altogether. My snow shovel, for instance, doesn’t go in the garage until July. 😛
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November 4, 2014 at 10:34 pm
Lol that sounds familiar. 😉
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November 4, 2014 at 10:35 pm
Glad to know I’m in good company. 😀
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November 4, 2014 at 7:43 pm
Or for short, Ants Eat Rotten Gourds. That’s gross, Linda G. 😦
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November 4, 2014 at 10:16 pm
Or to shorten it even more, AERG… which is close to what I said out loud when I first saw the ants. And so we come full circle. 🙂
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November 4, 2014 at 6:58 pm
yuk yuk pooH!!
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November 4, 2014 at 6:59 pm
Ehh, I’m okay with them as long as they stay outside where they belong. 🙂
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November 4, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Yup I would be too!! 😉
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November 4, 2014 at 5:26 pm
That explains my recent ant manifestation
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November 4, 2014 at 5:29 pm
More than likely – if you’ve got carved pumpkins, you’ve got ants.
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November 4, 2014 at 3:29 pm
Must be unique to Canadian ants. I don’t recall having my pumpkins destroyed by ants where I lived when last I carved a pumpkin and placed it outside on the porch or on the stoop. But then again, it’s been years (when my kids were still kids) since I last carved a pumpkin, so maybe a new form of mutant ants has evolved and they are particularly drawn to pumpkin teeth.
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November 4, 2014 at 3:30 pm
Or maybe it’s just warmer… I don’t remember them eating my pumpkin teeth years ago either. Weird.
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November 4, 2014 at 3:31 pm
Another sure sign that climate change is real: pumpkin teeth eating ants.
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November 4, 2014 at 5:46 pm
They’ve gotta believe it now!
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November 4, 2014 at 3:17 pm
I did not know that ants liked pumpkin. It is healthier than sugar. I can hear the ant mother, “Eat your pumpkin, dear.”
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November 4, 2014 at 3:19 pm
Haha! Right? It’s one of the reasons I don’t want to bleach my pumpkins – better for the ecosystem and all that. The pumpkins will go out with the compost when they pick it up on Friday.
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