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My room is infested with ants crawling from my window to the trash bin that is sitting underneath my desk. I came up with a hypothesis that if you were to provide a food source that is easier for the ants to obtain outside of the window (on the patio), the ants may divert their attention from my trash bin to the new food source outside.
I tested my hypothesis by dumping cookie crumbles outside of the window. An hour later, I see ants moving about near the crumbles, but I still see ants moving around looking for my trash bin, here and there, scattering near where their old path was used to be.
Are there any alternatives to divert ants away from a food source (my trash bin, and yes, I have cleaned it up, thank you.) to another food source without having them split up and look for both of them at the same time?
Has anyone ever done this experiment before?
I tested my hypothesis by dumping cookie crumbles outside of the window. An hour later, I see ants moving about near the crumbles, but I still see ants moving around looking for my trash bin, here and there, scattering near where their old path was used to be.
Are there any alternatives to divert ants away from a food source (my trash bin, and yes, I have cleaned it up, thank you.) to another food source without having them split up and look for both of them at the same time?
Has anyone ever done this experiment before?