This is a very simple solution that my dormmates and I used against an ant invasion of our hall. You'll think of it less as biological warfare when they're after your foodstuffs and crawling in your bed.
This guide is a great solution to taking care of the ants in your house/living space, especially if you don't know where they're coming from. It is low-mess and takes up very little space.
Unfortunately...there's a bit of post-mortum clean-up.
Also includes other general solutions and tips.
This guide is a great solution to taking care of the ants in your house/living space, especially if you don't know where they're coming from. It is low-mess and takes up very little space.
Unfortunately...there's a bit of post-mortum clean-up.
Also includes other general solutions and tips.
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- a container of borax (you should be able to find this in the laundry detergent isle)
- some jelly or jam (if you already have some, use that, as you don't need too much; if you need to buy some, get a small, cheap jar - ant's aren't picky - or something you'd want to share with your toast)
- container lid(s) (soda caps work great, as would any other low, small, and shallow container)
- mixing bowl or cup (I recommend something disposable, because you probably don't want to use it again for eating/drinking)
- a spoon (again, something disposable is good, so...plastic)
- a container of borax (you should be able to find this in the laundry detergent isle)
- some jelly or jam (if you already have some, use that, as you don't need too much; if you need to buy some, get a small, cheap jar - ant's aren't picky - or something you'd want to share with your toast)
- container lid(s) (soda caps work great, as would any other low, small, and shallow container)
- mixing bowl or cup (I recommend something disposable, because you probably don't want to use it again for eating/drinking)
- a spoon (again, something disposable is good, so...plastic)
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Note* the only reason the FDA let Aspartame / NutraSweet (same thing) into market as a artificial sweetener is because the inventor of it became the CEO of the FDA.
Yes, it is possible that ants could ingest some of the powder dust (from grooming themselves), but baits are a sure solution.
I'm not saying powders don't work, because they do, I just prefer to buy baits because it's more likely that the queen will be killed too.
By the way, all the ants in the world have the same weight as all the human.
http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/antpoison.asp
Conspiracy theories are fun though aren't they?
Aspartame is a neuro toxin generally and an excito-toxin specifically. It causes the synapses to "fire" repeatedly until they burn out. Those don't grow back. It metabolizes into methanol, formaldehyde and some other wonderful chemicals as it's digested. The substance was banned for any human consumption until Serle's Donald Rumsfeld called in some political favors and got it legalized by the FDA.
People do actually conspire to engage in criminal or otherwise not nice activities. Serle and Rumsfeld made untold millions on the deal as it's an extremely cheap and addictive additive. As far as I can tell, the only other group that really made out are the ants, as it never really took off as an insecticide, probably because you don't want people knowing they are drinking Black Flag.
Jonathan M. Borkum, Chronic Headaches: Biology, Psychology, and Behavioral Treatment, Routlege 2007, p. 235 - 236
It might change your mind :-)
However, given that fact, I would prefer the method described in this awesome instructable as a greener option.
Only if you're into fire though.