Ants ate M101 cover

[MDSA]

Haven't used the cover for my 1953 M101A1 in ages. Was reorganizing my wood shop where the cover was stored nice and dry. Found it filled with black ants. Threw it out on the driveway and fold after fold had ants. Sprayed while unfolding, and as I unfolded it I saw holes. Many small holes, most about 1". Grrr.

 

[M543A2]

Man that sucks! Seems there is always something that is working to frustrate our best efforts to preserve something. A friend of my dad's had a big fish net rolled up in his barn. He went to get it in the spring and found a possum had chewed in to the center of it and made a nest. When he was done jumping up and down on it there was not much life left in the possum.