Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-212 days agoThe White House Rose Garden was replaced by pavement lemmy.worldimagemessage-square114linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageThe White House Rose Garden was replaced by pavement lemmy.worldDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-212 days agomessage-square114linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoBecause ants can live on grass but not pavement? Lawn is bad for biodiversity but concrete is much worse.
minus-squaretheunknownmuncher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-213 days ago Ants can and do live in paved spaces. There is a layer of sand under the slabs that is easy for them to excavate tunnels from, with the entrance between two slabs. It’s the white house. It gets sprayed for insects anyway.
minus-squareCeruleum@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoThey should spray a lot more, plenty of bugs there.
minus-squareNoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoYou need to get the 12 gauge spray for the kind of bug you’re thinking of.
Because ants can live on grass but not pavement? Lawn is bad for biodiversity but concrete is much worse.
Ants can and do live in paved spaces. There is a layer of sand under the slabs that is easy for them to excavate tunnels from, with the entrance between two slabs.
It’s the white house. It gets sprayed for insects anyway.
They should spray a lot more, plenty of bugs there.
You need to get the 12 gauge spray for the kind of bug you’re thinking of.