Can someone give me the short answer on using them as insecticides?

I tried the grits thing, and they either ate it or ignored it. The ants and
hills are still there.

On Jul 11, 3:19*pm, "Steve B" wrote:
Can someone give me the short answer on using them as insecticides?

I tried the grits thing, and they either ate it or ignored it. *The ants and
hills are still there.

Mix the boric acid with some sugar water, maple syrup or other sugary
liquid, and put it on a cotton ball and stick that in their path.

R

On 2010-07-11, Steve B wrote:

I tried the grits thing, and they either ate it or ignored it. The ants and
hills are still there.

I can't imagine boric acid doing much. Isn't that the stuff used in
eye wash? Could there be a more wimpy acid?

nb

notbob wrote the following:
On 2010-07-11, Steve B wrote:


I tried the grits thing, and they either ate it or ignored it. The ants and
hills are still there.


I can't imagine boric acid doing much. Isn't that the stuff used in
eye wash? Could there be a more wimpy acid?

nb


Google - boric acid insects


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"Steve B" wrote

Can someone give me the short answer on using them as insecticides?

I tried the grits thing, and they either ate it or ignored it. The ants
and hills are still there.

Ouch, tough crowd. It's working here.

On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:50:15 -0400, "cshenk" wrote:


I tried the grits thing, and they either ate it or ignored it. The ants
and hills are still there.

Ouch, tough crowd. It's working here.

So you don't use instant grits, I take it.

"Oren" wrote
"cshenk" wrote:

I tried the grits thing, and they either ate it or ignored it. The ants
and hills are still there.

Ouch, tough crowd. It's working here.

So you don't use instant grits, I take it.

Nope, specifically said not to.

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On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:50:15 -0400, "cshenk" wrote:


I tried the grits thing, and they either ate it or ignored it. The ants
and hills are still there.

Ouch, tough crowd. It's working here.

So you don't use instant grits, I take it.

I got that part right. I used the old fashioned grits.

Steve

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"Steve B" wrote
"Oren" wrote

So you don't use instant grits, I take it.

I got that part right. I used the old fashioned grits.

Must be them pesky yankee ants who don't do grits. Sorry Steve! I've not
had this fail in 20 years.

"cshenk" wrote in message
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"Steve B" wrote
"Oren" wrote

So you don't use instant grits, I take it.

I got that part right. I used the old fashioned grits.

Must be them pesky yankee ants who don't do grits. Sorry Steve! I've not
had this fail in 20 years.

These are Utah ants, and I ain't going there on any comments
................. ;-)

Steve

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On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:43:47 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote:

"Oren" wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:50:15 -0400, "cshenk" wrote:


I tried the grits thing, and they either ate it or ignored it. The ants
and hills are still there.

Ouch, tough crowd. It's working here.

So you don't use instant grits, I take it.

I got that part right. I used the old fashioned grits.


Rebel ants, down south are particular.

They prefer _Dixie Lilly_, White Lilly (?).

Any grit made in Alabama, is a _goood_ grit.

"Oren" wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:43:47 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote:

"Oren" wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:50:15 -0400, "cshenk" wrote:


I tried the grits thing, and they either ate it or ignored it. The
ants
and hills are still there.

Ouch, tough crowd. It's working here.

So you don't use instant grits, I take it.

I got that part right. I used the old fashioned grits.


Rebel ants, down south are particular.

They prefer _Dixie Lilly_, White Lilly (?).

Any grit made in Alabama, is a _goood_ grit.

Either that, or Utah ants don't know what grits are. Like the regular
Utards. You say "Grits" to them and they say, "Whuh?"

Steve

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On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:19:21 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote:

Can someone give me the short answer on using them as insecticides?

For insects the DE needs to be the food grade DE, not that used in
pools systems. The difference: food grade DE is not processed using
heat. It's just the way it was harvested. The jagged edges remain on
the fossil. Pool DE is heated and that rounds the edges off the
fossil. Rub each between you thumb and finger -- feel the difference.

The sharp edges on the fossil is what causes havoc on the critters.

I tried the grits thing, and they either ate it or ignored it. The ants and
hills are still there.


Were those instant grits?

( 87 Octane on each mound, followed shortly by a burning match )

For carpenter ants, I put down liquid ant bait from
www.gardensalive.com in bottle caps, or tupperware lids. they bellied
up to the bar, drank heartily, and didn't come back. This was maybe
five or more years ago. the Orkin guy wanted $175 per treatment, and
no guarantees.

Orkin closed, and the place is now a daycare. I'm not sure I'd want to
house kids in a building that used to have pesticides.

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"Steve B" wrote in message
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Can someone give me the short answer on using them as insecticides?

I tried the grits thing, and they either ate it or ignored it. The
ants and
hills are still there.

On 7/11/2010 2:19 PM, Steve B wrote:
Can someone give me the short answer on using them as insecticides?

I tried the grits thing, and they either ate it or ignored it. The ants and
hills are still there.



Grits only kills Yankee ants, if they're Southern ants, you're screwed.

TDD

Steve B wrote:
Can someone give me the short answer on using them as insecticides?

I tried the grits thing, and they either ate it or ignored it. The
ants and hills are still there.

There's effective and there's effective. You can also kill the hive by
whacking the individual ants with a small hammer.

Me, I'd buy a small quantity of DDT from overseas.

"HeyBub" wrote in message
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Steve B wrote:
Can someone give me the short answer on using them as insecticides?

I tried the grits thing, and they either ate it or ignored it. The
ants and hills are still there.

There's effective and there's effective. You can also kill the hive by
whacking the individual ants with a small hammer.

Me, I'd buy a small quantity of DDT from overseas.

Thank you for sharing .................