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• ChuckMcM 11y ago
  I have ascertained that argentine ants have sufficient absorption at infrared wavelengths that laser will ablate them. For those wondering about fire insurance, its not a long distance thing, its a camera looking down on a region about 1' x 1' of light colored paving tiles (ceramic). The entire apparatus would sit about 3' off the tiles (to give enough x and y control over the beam) The tiles are not reflective relative to IR but I've got IR screens anyway (I suppose an ant could try to carry a mirror if you watch horror movies)
  • hellbanner 11y ago
    So when they pass a threshhold, they get heated by the light and turn away?