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Vietnamese Ants :)

Wednesday, March 19, 2008 By kevmille

These little buggers are quite sneaky and more clever than American ants.

If they see any food, regardless if their in a container or plastic bag, they will find a way to get to the food.  Yes, they can chew through plastic, something I have never seen their American cousins do.

When I first came to Vietnam back in May, 2004, the ants got to my cough drops.  I was a amazed since not did the ants chew through the paper wrapping, they even chewed through the thick plastic bag.  My first night I lost two bags of cough drops.

I bought some Vietnamese sweat potatoes last night with a friend.  It was placed in a clear plastic bag.  I fell asleep and forgot to eat the potato.  I woke up and saw probably about 50 or more ants all over the plastic bag with the potato.  One manage to get in but the rest were still struggling to get inside.  If I had left the bag on my desk, the ants would eventually chewed through it 🙂

Lucky, my dog, has another free meal.

I am still impressed by the sneaky and clever Vietnamese ants.

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  1. Trinity says

    Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 1:51 pm

    Yeah, “communist” ants definitely can defeat American ants for sure 😉

  2. lefobserver says

    Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    PLEASE
    CAN YOU ENTER IN MY BLOG IN ORDER TO TAKE THE FLAG OF YOYR COUNTRY AND IT IS WRITTEN IN MY MAP OF VISITORS?
    THANK YOU
    lefobserver.blogspot.com

  3. Katy says

    Friday, March 21, 2008 at 9:29 am

    Kevin, been getting nothing from ur reply, its a no, isnt it?

  4. Mike says

    Friday, March 21, 2008 at 8:57 pm

    Kevin,
    When I was in Bao Loc I found the ants fascinating in that they send out two scouts and if they find food, one will go back and get the others for help.

  5. charvey says

    Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 2:54 pm

    I had an ant problem too. But as far as I know my ants weren’t able to chew through plastic. They did like to rearrange my furniture though. I took care of it by bringing back some Combat ant bait from my last trip to the USA. Presto, no more problems.

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