yikes

I went out this morning to fill up the bird feeder, and I noticed that the hummingbird feeder was looking a little not-great. (aka I could see an ant floating in it; blech) So I figured I would clean it out and refill it today (I planned to do it tomorrow, so that's sort of on schedule?).

I was curious how the ant had managed to get inside the feeder, since the wasp guards on each port should theoretically be enough to stop them. But OH NO they were not, because it turned out the ants had CHEWED THROUGH the wasp guards.

This was disconcerting. I'm not entirely sure how to proceed that will best limit the chances of an ant-pocalypse, but I've cleaned the feeder out and made more food, and I'll put new wasp guards in. The internet suggests moving the feeder, which is theoretically an excellent suggestion, but operationally somewhat challenging. There's not that many places to move it to?

I shall consider the situation further.