On Aug 25, 9:31 pm, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:
I posted the following to alt.lawn.home.garden, with little response. So
I thought I'd try here...

We live in the Arizona desert near Phoenix and have a significant problem
with large black ants in the yard. We have had exterminators (costly),
but they were only successful for a period of time before the ants
returned.

I had read somewhere that one could make a solution of water, sugar, and
borax (boric acid?), which was an effective poison for ants. The problem
is that I don't know the proportions that should be used.

Can anyone here help with this? Are there other homemade options that I
don't know about? We're trying to steer clear of commercial products, and
also stay as "green" as possible.

Ants are not the dominant species on the planet by accident.

Pussyfooting around with ants is likely to make the problem worse.
When a colony is placed under significant stress it will subdivide to
assure survival. You might see fewer ants for a while, then they'll
come roaring back in greater numbers.

Check out Talstar One.
http://www.fmcprosolutions.com/Home/...1/Default.aspx
http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov...ds&id=19022035
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- gpsman