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Ant smell (mander.xyz)
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[โ€“] Lemminary 26 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I can only smell them when I kill them ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago (2 children)

That's the formic acid

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You're saying the formic acid is released when the ant loses its form?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Ant go squishy, formic acid go splat?

[โ€“] Lemminary 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if it's also the entire cocktail of smells they have in store that gets squeezed out

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Most likely, but the acid I think has the strongest scent.