Ants clean house

As most of you know Jenneli and I are not the tidiest people you have met but we are getting better and the ants are helping us with some negative reinforcement. In Pasadena we could leave an item of food out or throw something in the trash without a second thought. Here if it is organic at all the ants will start swarming it in a matter of minutes. For example I made scrambled eggs for breakfast and forgot to wash the pot. The following pictures demonstrate the aftermath. This happens with garbage too so we have to be really good about making sure our trash ends up outside as soon as it’s ready to be tossed.