Greg wrote:
I had ants that were in love with Purina dog food. I made a bait from 1 part
boric acid and 12 parts Purina. It didn't kill all the ants but it killed the
ones that liked Purina. They are still walking around in the house. Ants may
have separate food streams in the same nest. A bait will only affect that food
stream. In most cases that is all you need but if you really have a lot of ants
it may not really mean that much.
Something I read said that the boric acid should be in solution, not
granular, for ants. Our little bottle of bait says to mix a few drops
with a drop or two of salad oil for grease ants. The dog chow trick
would probably work well, too, with liquid boric acid.

I see the same thing with fire ants and baits like Amdro. You can move them
around and disrupt them but they don't go away. The only people here who don't

One application of Amdro made amazing difference in our condo yard. We
couldn't stand still without being attacked, and working on irrigation
system was tough. Have to take care not to disturb nests, use
sparingly, and don't water or let it rain for a couple of days. Fire
ants, here, like paved area borders, so we didn't need to use all over
the yard. That was about 5 years ago, and still have very few without
the condo chiefs doing anything more. Wish I had done a scientific
study - I think we got more of other bugs, like carpenter ants and
termites, in our trees with fewer fire ants prowling )

complain about ants have a service come in once a month and spray a ton of
chemicals around the house and yard. I can still point out ants to them.

Have a service come in once a month and spray a ton and your
grandchildren will look like ants )