[Sca-cooks] ants
Aldyth at aol.com
Aldyth at aol.com
Thu Oct 25 18:16:46 PDT 2007
In a message dated 10/25/2007 6:51:56 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
ahrenshav at yahoo.com writes:
Which are they more attracted to, fat or sugar? The fat-eating ants
respond well to a strong brew of chili peppers. Sometimes when I'm
feeling mean I'll throw in mustard powder too. Watch them go ouchie
ouch, with little anty hotfoots! They'll clear out fast and it won't
poison kids nor pets.
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Many moons ago when rocks were soft, our family was stationed in Austin
Texas at Bergstrom AFB. The entire base was well, infested. Mice, ants,
roaches. LadyBird Johnson absolutely forbid the use of chemicals to rid the base of
pests. So, the family services and what would now be the bio environmental
engineers got together and concocted this white powdery substance that was
"safe" for children and pets but not the pests. I didn't entirely understand
why pets were safe but the mice were not. The instructions were to set out
saucers of this stuff behind the fridge, oven, on the counters, by the doors.
Dump it down the drains each morning and put fresh out. In two weeks we
were pest free. No kidding. After a year they finally fessed up to the
ingredients. Baking Soda and sugar. 2 to 1 ratio. Evidently the bugs can't burp
or fart. So when they walked thru it and cleaned it from their bodies,
well, they exploded. Mice just didn't like the taste or smell, they said. It
made entertaining show and tell for the 5th graders coming back from summer
vacation.
Aldyth
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