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- From: jono@netcom.com (Jonathan Levine)
- Subject: Re: HELP - ANTS
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.173151.2417@netcom.com>
- Organization: Our Lady of Perpetual Motion
- References: <10620.2546.uupcb@factory.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 17:31:51 GMT
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- In article <10620.2546.uupcb@factory.com> ray.normandeau@factory.com (Ray Normandeau) writes:
- >-> I have heard something about getting rid of ants by placing small
- >-> cups of sugar and boric acid near their trails. Does this work and
- >-> what proportions should be used? Is it intended to kill them outright
- >-> or have them take it back to the nest? Should it be dissolved in
- >-> water or left as powder?
- >
- >I would place boric acid in a THIN FILM where you expect them to walk.
- >If left in a pile, they will walk around it.
- >
- I've had good luck with "Grant's Ant Spikes." These seem to be a mixture
- of corn syrup (or some other sticky, sweet matrix) and arsenic. The ants
- seem to take the bait for about a week, then disappear.
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- Jon
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