Re: grits for killing ants????

Posted by Brent on July 15, 2001 at 20:34:48:

In Reply to: Re: grits for killing ants???? posted by Heather on July 09, 2001 at 19:29:59:

The borax works by killing their intestinal floura. The soap in borax will some times strip their cuticle of is protective wax coating drying out the ant.

Gritts actually will not work. All it could do is block the ants trail and forget about where food inside was or satisfy their carb needs and not need to go to that location for a very long time. Making you think the nest is dead.

: I don't know.
: My mom claims that borax will kill them.
: If the ants will pick up the borax, they will take it back to the nests and it will then dry them out, killing unhatched eggs and larvae.
: I suspect that other dry media would do the same.

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: The borax works by killing their intestinal floura. The soap in borax will some times strip their cuticle of is protective wax coating drying out the ant. : Gritts actually will not work. All it could do is block the ants trail and forget about where food inside was or satisfy their carb needs and not need to go to that location for a very long time. Making you think the nest is dead. : : I don't know. : : My mom claims that borax will kill them. : : If the ants will pick up the borax, they will take it back to the nests and it will then dry them out, killing unhatched eggs and larvae. : : I suspect that other dry media would do the same.

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