And the ants go marching on...

"They come into my house too, just let them walk through, they'll leave eventually."--Villager

I have come to the conclusion the people in my villagers would not cut it as exterminators in America. When I had a bat in my house, they told me to hit it with a towel. We killed a snake with a stick. Kaiman, an toobi (no worries). For termites, a wheelbarrow, a can of bug spray and a shovel. This time, I had army ants swarm my house.

I had just come back from the river after washing my dishes. As I was nearly done drying my dishes, I had went outside for a minute to dry off a few more forks, spoons, knives. Not more than a minute had passed since I was in my house. I turn around and go back inside and hear this strange crunching noise behind myself. When I look down at the ground, 2 million red, army ants are running through my house--on the floor, across the walls, going up to the roof. It was as if a sea of red was sweeping across my house. As I found out, they bite and are really strong--they were moving one of my bags across the house. At first though, I thought they were termites at first so I grabbed my bug spray and went at 'em. Unfortunately, as I found out, this was a mistake. I found one of my friends in the village and he told me to let them pass through. I had to fact check that with a few Peace Corps Volunteers because I was worried about the state of my house.

Anyways, after about 2 or 3 hours of watching Heroes at one of the villager's houses the ants finally left. But I had to clean up the ones I killed and there were 2 gigantic piles I had to sweep up. So next time I know, just let them pass through the house, they'll eventually leave.