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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·22 days agoIs it the formic acid?
minus-squaresouthsamurai@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·22 days agoHas to be, it’s got that same “bite” that other acids have, only a little more earthy
minus-squareAnchoriteMagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 days agoDepends. With North American formica ants, it’s formic acid, but with Canadian odorous house ants, it’s a methyl ketone that smells a lot like blue cheese.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days ago smells a lot like blue cheese Oh, so stinky feet smell?
minus-squareAnchoriteMagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·22 days agoKinda? I’d almost describe it as halfway between stinky feet and the smell that stink bugs give off.
Is it the formic acid?
Has to be, it’s got that same “bite” that other acids have, only a little more earthy
Yeah
Depends. With North American formica ants, it’s formic acid, but with Canadian odorous house ants, it’s a methyl ketone that smells a lot like blue cheese.
Oh, so stinky feet smell?
Kinda? I’d almost describe it as halfway between stinky feet and the smell that stink bugs give off.