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shadow · 1 aug 2013

NYC;1851890388 zei:

Don't know if it will help, but it's worth a try:

When you figure out what the particular type likes to eat, mix some of that with boric acid (it's a powder that is fairly mild and can be easily handled...just don't get it in your eyes and wash it off thoroughly if you get it on you. It won't burn your skin unless you leave it on wet in large concentration for a while.) In the US you can buy it in pharmacies as a foot soak, or in hardware stores as an insecticide. Don't know enough about the PI yet to give advice on availability there, but it is a very common chemical.

You mix it up with their food, and let them take all they want. Be patient. The ants you see are all "workers" and will bring back food to the nest, and the queen. The boric acid will eventually kill the queen (along with the workers,) but once the queen dies, the nest dies.

Worth a try. Boric acid is cheap and relatively safe, but it's probably best to set the food out away from where pets and children can get at it.
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Boric acid is sold in the hardware and auto parts stores here as welding flux.

Larry

blueskies · 1 aug 2013

shadow;1851890391 zei:

Boric acid is sold in the hardware and auto parts stores here as welding flux.

This morning i went for a mission...terminate those Ants!!O--O I got Borax 85pesos at rejoice hardware, mix 2 cups warm water, 1/2 cup brown sugar and 4 spoons of borax powder. Went to the main site mango tree where the reigning queens are! and poured 1 cup of warm solution, then i sprayed the rest that invaded the walls, fences, and the terraces.

Tomorrow, i will make a thicker solution 1:1 ratio and pour it to the site. I still have to find Malathion Insecticides as my last resort.
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simple mind · 1 aug 2013

shadow;1851890391 zei:

Boric acid is sold in the hardware and auto parts stores here as welding flux.

Larry
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I tried that already and had the same result as "onlymichael", they got at it for a few days but then ignored it, I tried quite a few mixes, with fish, egg, sardine oil, grated coconut, etc. nothing really helped...

The "Sulom" are keeping leaf lice, that they "milk" as a provider of sugar but somehow they are not interested in any other kind...

simple mind · 1 aug 2013

Manzanita;1851890385 zei:

Ants are no problem since we sold the dog and got one of these...

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Good one Mark...

DavyL200 · 1 aug 2013

blueskies;1851890406 zei:

shadow;1851890391 zei:

Boric acid is sold in the hardware and auto parts stores here as welding flux.

This morning i went for a mission...terminate those Ants!!O--O I got Borax 85pesos at rejoice hardware, mix 2 cups warm water, 1/2 cup brown sugar and 4 spoons of borax powder. Went to the main site mango tree where the reigning queens are! and poured 1 cup of warm solution, then i sprayed the rest that invaded the walls, fences, and the terraces.

Tomorrow, i will make a thicker solution 1:1 ratio and pour it to the site. I still have to find Malathion Insecticides as my last resort.
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Sure I seen malathion in handyman in small bottles,just below where the seeds are.
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