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    Polaris does sell a lot of electrical supplies but also pool equipment, plumbing, air-conditioning and lighting fixtures.
    Most of the things they sell are good quality by local standards.
     
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    Show Pony, Jul 22, 2018
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    Getting the thread away from Lazada's shipping costs and back to the ants...
    Terro takes a day or two to be effective. Then the ants are gone for maybe a week until a new queen starts a new nest. Then it's back to square one waiting for the new workers to consume the Terro and feed the new queen.

    If you see Terro on the shelf in Handyman, buy a lot because next time you are there....even if it is the next day...they will be out of stock for months.

    Chalk is effective but you can't chalk everything...and the ants WILL find a way around it. But it can be entertaining to watch them figure it out. (Too much time on my hands?)

    I have heard that peppermint oil works well to repel them. Maybe someone has experience with that.

    You may just need to make an uneasy peace with them.
     
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    As of this very minute, here is a screenshot
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    DE powder is available at Polaris. They sell it by the 22kg sack for about 1600 pesos (more or less).
    I don't know if they will sell by the kilo.
     
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    I would like to try diatomaceous earth to control ants, especially around our nipa hut. I was thinking of putting this around the base of the four bamboo posts so they can't crawl up and are killed. Has anyone had experience using diatomaceous earth and where can it be purchased in Dumaguete?
     
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    negrosorientalron, Jul 20, 2018
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