Re: fire ants

["Mike." <the.lists () mgm51 com>]

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