Ants not Aunts

The ants here deserve their own post. I am totally perplexed. For the most part I don´t see any bugs round Panama. Every couple of days I get a few mosquito bites, but not enough to continuously wear poisonous protection. I have even swatted a few skeeters, including a particular large one at the ruins who got me about four times before I destroyed him.

The ants however, are a different story. The kitchen area ALWAYS has about 7-8 tiny black ants dancing around, but never more than 7-8? These ants are strange though. First, they are never eating anything. In California if you leave a crumb of cake and an ant finds it, the whole family shows up. They start a Congo line and create an ant dog-pile at the source of sweet yummy goodness. Not Panamanian ants.

No, they don´t touch food ever. Just to test them I have put pieces of food next to them on purpose. Nothing. I´t like the kitchen counter is merely a park they like to take walks in.

Second, they are much more organized and swift than Californian ants. The ants here are quick too, they start sprinting when they see my tissue covered finger coming. When I go to kill one, they run in a strait line to the cover of safety. There is no crazy ant frenzy where they run in circles.