There's an old saying - and I paraphrase - if you seek wisdom, go to the ants.
Well I for one don't think the ants are all that smart; devious, yes.
They will do their dastardly deeds at night when regular folks are asleep so they wake up to yet another defoliated plant, but my point is this.
If they were so smart, they would leave some leaves so the plant could recuperate faster.
Not so with these ants. They strip the poor plants to stalks leaving nary a leaf, and many times killing the plant in the process.
Is that so smart ?
My advice is not to go to the ants for wisdom and it makes you think that-maybe- the former administration should have heeded that suggestion.
And don't get attached to your plants if you live near leaf-eating ants.