Will Boric Acid still work killing even the large 1/2 to 1 inch
carpenter ants? For the past few days I've been capturing ants in a
boric acid bottle, coating the ant and letting it go hoping that it'll
take the acid back to the nest and it would kill them. They're still
coming and I've dusting about 8-10 by now.

Thanks

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Will Boric Acid still work killing even the large 1/2 to 1 inch
carpenter ants? For the past few days I've been capturing ants in a
boric acid bottle, coating the ant and letting it go hoping that it'll
take the acid back to the nest and it would kill them. They're still
coming and I've dusting about 8-10 by now.

If you are coating them then you are probably killing the ants before
they get back to the nest.

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Will Boric Acid still work killing even the large 1/2 to 1 inch
carpenter ants? For the past few days I've been capturing ants in a
boric acid bottle, coating the ant and letting it go hoping that it'll
take the acid back to the nest and it would kill them. They're still
coming and I've dusting about 8-10 by now.

LOL!

Good one.

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"I don't always know what I'm talking about, but I know I'm right." -- Muhammad
Ali

Maybe they are dusting themselves off before they get to the nest!

I learned this from a newsgroup. The person posting claimed it worked
for them. Do you suppose it would help if they injested this if mixed
with peanutbutter or just place peanut butter in the middle of a tiny
cup of boric acid?

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I learned this from a newsgroup. The person posting claimed it worked
for them. Do you suppose it would help if they injested this if mixed
with peanutbutter or just place peanut butter in the middle of a tiny
cup of boric acid?

http://fireant.tamu.edu/materials/fa...24_2002rev.pdf

Thanks! That's quite helpful. That also answers my question as to why
an ant was on the ceiling. They hide in light fixtures.