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A different colony of ants 🐜 has joined the three or four others in the backyard (there are also at least three in the front, but I’m not sure if they are the same ones). This new colony is smaller and reddish. Their distinctive feature is that they are farmers, bringing aphids to garden plants.
I’ve started spraying this natural pesticide made out of rosemary oil and garlic oil (and probably about five other herbal oils) in a 99%+ solution of glycerin and water. Results so far look good, but the ants have already learned to put most of their cows 🐄 on the undersides of leaves 🍁.