Cob: Re: Ants in my walls.

[Arthur Petch]

Here is a recipe for getting rid of ants--it's relatively
environmentally friendly.  Don't know how well it works on carpenter
ants but a similar formula seemed to get rid of them in our cabin, where they
really got into the fibreglass insulation.

    1 tsp boric acid (readily available at pharmacies) (Cleaning agent "Borax")

    2 tbsp white sugar
    2 cups boiling water

Add the first 2 ingredients to the boiling water & stir well.  Let it
cool.  Dip cotton balls into the solution and drop them into a plastic
(yogurt, margarine) container with holes punched near the bottom so the ants
can enter.  Put the lid on the container & place it in the pathways where ants
are most abundant.  Keep the extra solution sealed in a glass jar away from
young children.  Check the cotton balls every few days and moisten them if they
get dry.

This is a relatively weak solution and acts gradually.  It is effective
because it doesn't kill the ants right away but they keep on eating it
and feeding it to the colony until the cumulative effects wipe them out.


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