Pestiferous

Ants.  This year they are hectic - probably due to the lack of rain.  They are everywhere. Climbing up the trunks of our lemon trees, transporting scale on their backs and spreading the honeydew everywhere they venture... ... laying in wait round my pumpkin patch so that when I go to water the pumpkins I have to madly hop around to prevent being bitten to death... ... heading for the sugar