[173891] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: fire ants
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike.)
Tue Aug 12 16:02:40 2014
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Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 16:02:28 -0400
From: "Mike." <the.lists@mgm51.com>
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On 8/12/2014 at 2:59 PM Tom Morris wrote:
|Terro is my go-to for that... it's basically boric acid mixed with a
sugar
|solution. The ants eat it and perish. It's the only thing I've found
that
|works on the infamous Crazy Rasberry Ants that like to eat
electrical
|panels.
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In case someone tries to mix up a batch themselves, Terro is better
described as Borax in a sugar solution[1].
Borax is the trade name of a salt of boric acid.
I've been using a mixture of Borax and honey to keep the ants at bay
for a few years. Use the search engine of your choice to search for
Borax and ants. You'll find a plethora of recipes.
HTH
[1] http://www.terro.com/blog/using-borax-around-children-and-pets
