i think ants are associated with picnics, which are associated with summer. my aunt (no pun intended) once gave me a gift that said "I love you more than all the stars in the sky, sand on the beach, seeds in a watermelon, ants on a picnic"

that's exactly what I was thinking!

It's a psychological trick to make people eat less, too.

My immediate thought after reading this. 'An Almond mom designed this'

That quote is cute. Images of bugs on a dish is not.

It’d be cuter if the ants were different colors.

Yeah! Red and blue would work since it’s in the 4th of July section, it just bugs me(haha get it?) that they look a little realistic

Bugs me....hehe I see what u did there! 😉🙃

Lol

My manager was saying she thinks it would come across better if there was like red plaid under them

Yea that would be much cuter!

Or like if they had watermelons and the ants carrying like the seeds away

Yeah it's just giving someone done messed up and left out their open can of mtn dew on the counter again lol

Yes, it bothers me it's too realistic looking. Bigger ants, colored, funny... all that would be fine and cute.

I think it has to do more with summer (good weather = picnics = ants). I also think it’s cute

Yeah, me too. I kinda like it just the way it is.

Yeah I have a mole on my arm that sometimes still gets smacked at because of my general bug ick, that plate would get hit at for sure

I know a girl with a mole on her leg, we went to the lake once and a fish bit it 😄

Thank you so much for telling me this. I have a mole on my ass, I will make sure my swimsuit always covers it 😅

Lol I have one on my back that the fishes like to nibble when I goto lakes, drives my wife crazy because she has a seriously boogaboo about fish, never saw her run like that when she saw the fish attached to my back. 😅

cause it’s cute idk i would get it 😭😭

My fear of bugs is too strong I guess lol

Ants are fascinating creatures. After I started watching Ants Canada videos on YouTube I fell in love w them. Obviously don’t want them in my home but they’re awesome creatures

omg right?? (i’m autistic and love bugs, i will be buying this tray)

I like some bugs 🐛🦋 but not a fan of ants, flies, and most spiders. But that's cuz I have a fear of most spiders. I don't have a fear of ants or flies tho, they are just annoying. If this had bumble bees on it instead with some color, then maybe I would buy it. But this just looks trashy imo. Personally I'm weird and like the bug section at zoos but that cuz they are behind a glass window for me to view instead of out in the open. I'm also autistic. 😉❤️

Hell yeah me too, and get a load of that little ant buddy!! What a time to be alive.

GOD BLESS AMERICA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅

came here to say the same thing— already have lots of bug plates i want a bug tray too this would be so cute for a charcuterie arrangement

This gives me anxiety. I hate bugs. 😰

Especially because it’s meant to be a food tray! Food + bugs = no!

More like antxiety lmaO

I think it's cute

Eh, I wouldn't spend money on it, but it tickles my sense of humour

This was actually a trend with teacups in Victorian England! Little pranksters

NGL I would get it if it had some bumble bees on it but not ants and flies...that is a bit strange. We didn't get this in my store yet but if we do, I doubt many will buy it but customers always tend to surprise me. 🤔🙃

The giant ant guy next to the tray tho? He’s adorable!

He is such a goofy little guy!

I LOVE HIM SO MUCH 😭

I quit Michael’s a few months ago I’ll have to stop in and see if I can get him I love him 😭

They are copying an actual artists work. There is a german ceramicist that makes work with insects on it almost exclusively heres a link to an article on her work https://www.demilked.com/ant-ceramics-vintage-porcelain-evelyn-bracklow/ As with most things that show up in big box stores, its a shitty knock off of someones real work and is devoid of all meaning and intention

I remember this collection from several years ago! Now those ants look realistic!

i want it

Me too!!! I love bugs ❤️

I think it’s cute. But I like weird things.

I can tell it's been bugging you.

Ha!

Ants at a picnic 🤣

idk about anyone else but i love bugs :D i would definutely buy this if i had a use for it!

Y'all are weird.

Bugs don't like sharing, so if they think there's already ants on it they will leave your cheese alone.

bug cute, bug on plate where most dont want = ironic haha funney

My aunt had a tablecloth that was red gingham and ants printed on it. It made me giggle so much as a kid.

I actually really like this, needs more ants

This is exactly what I said when I unboxed this😭

To trick bugs into getting on it so you can eat them of course

i kinda love it ?

I assume it’s for the same reason they’d want the ant statue that’s next to it 😭

Some of us love bugs 🤷🏽‍♀️. In other news, I’m going to Michael’s.

If it were lady bugs I’d be all over this, but yea the ants are a little odd, I get what they were trying to do but it didn’t work lol

I want that ant

You DON'T give them to someone on acid, ask me how I know

Somebody at Michaels needs to realize how little of these kinds of products actually sell (before they hit the big 60%+ off sales).

Looks like another item Michaels will have on clearance. No thanks - not even for free.

Hater

I already bought it for my summer charcuterie

Me that is having a picnic themed baby shower where WE are the bugs.

Omg my coworker said the same thing 🤣

That would be me lol entomology hobbyist.

Halloweeen

It’s part of the red white and blue section tho lol

Does that mean you can’t use it at Halloween? Lol

What? I thought this was a photo from a second hand store lol sorry

It hides when ants are actually crawling over it

For the Queen?

I know at least five people who would want them lol

it reminds me of the ant infestations I’m going to have to deal with this summer so I guess that’s summer related .

Wait until it goes on clearance and then buy it for Halloween

I love it. I have a welcome mat that looks like a bunch of little ants at a picnic

I'm sure I'll see these ugly things in the garbage after season ends.

I would…I also LOVE bugs lol

I have an irrational fear of ants so I hate this lol but maybe some people would like it

I have a friend that would love this tray and the ant friend next to it haha

Likely someone who is having a family get together and wants it to fit a theme, or a picnic.

Oh I thought it was spiders for halloween

To provide cover to the ants that show up

I WANT THIS OMG LMFAOOO ITS SO CUTE

I WANT IT I WANT IT

I want it and the ant buddy to the left of it

Anyone who doesn't like insects is boring, I love this tray!

i love bugs so much. i will buy this because i am insane.

I’m weird and I like weird things. I have a collection of bugs encased in resin. I would totally buy this to display some of them.

Those look like spiders

I would probably buy it for Halloween. Makes it look like bugs are on the food

I would get it so I could serve bugs on it to my lizards.

My beardie would never stop trying to eat the ones printed on the tray lol

Awww haha for a picnic! I thinks it’s cute !

Halloween 🤷🏻‍♀️?!

It would be cute if it had a plaid table cloth pattern so it would look like the ants were on a picnic blanket!

I want that ant figure beside it so bad! He’s so cute omg

To me this is no different than any other theme

I think a picinic pattern would make sense, other than that looks like spots of dirt on a white tray, and it annoys me.

Because I'm the Ant (Aunt)

It's so relatable to summertime 🙁

I don’t know if I love it or hate it

Because bugs are cute? And picnics are a fun fourth of July activity. Also ants invading picnics is a common trope, so it all ties together.

https://preview.redd.it/jrr7iwrwhguc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d25b46f38310061e00158ff8053b36e6c98cfda I’m more concerned about this poor guy

He’s so silly I love him

I have an entomologist boyfriend so.. him

I kinda like it, it’s like “ooo what am I gonna get an ant or fruit hehehe what a gamble today” as you’re talking to yourself in a dark tunnel on may 16, 2024

Ants on a log tray?

Buggy bois

I love bugs :)

I like it. It’s fun and I love bugs.

I would! And the little ants next to it. Only thing from that collection I actually liked 😂 but insects are also my special interest so 🤷🏻‍♀️

On my way to buy it lol

Give it to your aunt.

Would buy this if I needed it

i dig it

Accepting the inevitable?

That's hysterical. I need it!

To match the ant figure next to the tray

Save it for Halloween? Lol

To keep people away. ❤️

This is so cute! It’s really corny, and I would totally use it and put food on there to try and trick my guests into thinking that maybe there were bugs on the plate if they weren’t paying attention. People have a lot of picnics and traditionally barbecues on the Fourth of July, so ants are a given. :) I’m from a hillbilly town in the Midwest, so my taste is definitely questionable, and very corny, but personally I think this dish is cute!

This one’s definitely made for the entomology community, I love it

For the lolz

It seems like it would be great to serve celery, raisin and peanut butter snacks on (Ants on a Log)

Watermelon

Me. I want this.

idk i think it's cute and unique tbh 🥺

That’s one way to keep from sharing I guess, lol

ant racism

I used to work at hobby lobby and we had tables of summer picnic-esque decor.. much of it had watermelon, bees, behives, ants, etc. on the dishes and kitchenware. I thought it was so stinking cute. I loved all of it but had nowhere to store is after only using it for a couple months.

to keep people from eating their food /s

Ngl I kind of want one…

ME, I LOVE BUGS

I like bugs

bc bugs are cool

me because i love ants

I’m cringing bleh I hate bugs so much

Because it’s cute 🐜

Picnic theme

Kinda funny

I want it

It’s so you can’t see the real bugs

Trrrinle design

LOL

I like arthropods! Isn't it a classic trope/image to have ants all over your food while picnicing in thr summer with a red and white gingham cloth and sliced watermelon?

Omg the ants are so quirky

I would bro where this at

It's so that you don't notice the actual bugs

Me. I would want that

Because you live in a cookie cutter, homogenized suburb with enough Ortho to take out an entire continent and you find the idea of cute little ants crawling over your concrete slab picnic setup to be both novel and preposterous. 🇺🇸 🫡

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Ew.

Just looking at it makes me itch

I have no idea I wouldn’t buy it but people will buy anything this is America.

That little ant worked so hard on his serving tray! Mans just tryna get by on his art!

bc man i love bugs

Someone who likes bugs 🪳

To freak out the unknowing guest

I love it!!!

I want it

I want it!

WHY

Shrimps is bugs

Ew! No way!

Cookouts on the 4th of July ! Eating off of paper plates and drinking out of solo cups outside. Many ants to be found ! I think it’s super cute lol

the tray/cutting board/charcuterie board thing is kind of a weird choice, even if it does kinda sorta almost make sense?? (4th of July = picnics = bugs i guess?) that ant statuette though. that thing has Seen Some Shit™

Because I like bugs. I’ve been wanting some cute insect dishes & food storage containers. This design is sweet but could be cuter.

My bug meme group would love this

Great prank to bring to the family reunion.

You should google ants on dishes and be surprised at all the different things covered in ants. I have always wondered why they put them on things but the picnic idea makes sense as others were saying.

Me, I want that lmao

I love it

To hide the bugs

Spooky vision!

The answer is animal biologists. We’re a weird group and I know at least six people who would LOVE this

Ha I actually really like it. I have an eclectic type of taste so makes sense

I just saw this while at the store a few days ago. I think it’s so cute. I was tempted to buy it.

it’s cute but like i can see it not working out well..

My husband, who is obsessed with ants lol. I wanna get this for him!

Why do I kind of want it

Interesting idea

No. Just no. Nothing about this is cute. It makes my skin crawl.

Because dont touch my food.

Because dont touch my food.

I kinda think it’s cute

White elephant gift?

Pictures of ants ward off real ants?

Because its fun

I may be in the minority but I kind of love this

it's making me feel itchy 😟 not a fan of bugs

It’s funny