In article >,
Mark Thorson > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> >
> > Heh! I've used that for years to control roaches! Never thought of it
> > for ants.
>
> In theory, it should work for anything with an exoskeleton.
> If I recall correctly (actually, I do recall correctly, but
> I don't vouch for the reliability of my original source),
> the boric acid crystals are picked up by animals walking
> across it and they penetrate the gaps between the plates
> of their exoskeleton, which screws it up and causes the
> animals to lose their protection against dehydration.
>
> Maybe that's why Antrol II was such a dog. The boric acid
> was in a gel, which the ants would eat because it also
> had sugar in it. It did kill ants, but not very effectively.
> In your parlance, it was a .22 short when a .45 was needed.

;-)

So, would simply scattering trails of boric acid (available at the
pharmacy) along ant trails solve the problem?

Seems to me then, if that's the theory, Diatomaceous Earth would work?
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