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[โ€“] Lemminary@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[โ€“] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

Ant go squishy, formic acid go splat?

[โ€“] Lemminary@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

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