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Death to Every Ant at Dunster is a plan to exterminate the house's perennial pests. Hundreds of Pharoah ants--a small, red variety--have been plaguing members of the Dunster community with increasing intensity since last year. The problem first began several years ago, but house leaders this fall wanted to put their foot down on the problem...
...last spring, Dunster House Master Karel F. Liem called in the big guns: Gary Alpert, one of Liem's former students, and Baird Professor of Science and eminent ant authority Edward O. Wilson...
...nondescript, rain-soaked community is filled with the sounds of crowing blackbirds, howling dogs and squealing pigs, along with the pounding of hammers and the whining of electric saws. Women and a few men can be seen carrying beams, and newly dug ditches quickly fill with golden ragworts, fire-ant hills and crayfish chimneys. Groups of women gather lumber from demolished houses, stretch the long boards across sawhorses and pry out old nails. After the wood is cleaned, it is sorted and stored in a shed for later use or sale...
...KILL ANOTHER ANT TODAY. I suppose it's a fact of life, living in Dunster House. Ants are pretty much permanent residents here. They're not big, ugly ants--just tiny, innocuous red ones. They don't come in big swarms--they're individuals. But they're a little like God. They're everywhere...
...open a book, and an ant will be crawling on the page. You'll reach for your coffee mug, and an ant will be exploring the inside. Ants run across your hand as you type. They inch down the mirror as you brush your teeth. They're tiny specks moving across the TV, and little tickles on your ear as you talk on the phone...