[Vision2020] Ants

[Paul Rumelhart]

I say...   nuke them from orbit.  It's the only way to be sure.

Paul

Craine Kit wrote:
> There is a commercial version of this called Terro.
>
> I got some a few years ago (I think at Safeway). It is very effective. 
> The ants carry it back to the nest so the millions are wiped out. 
>
> Kit Craine
>
>
> On May 17, 2010, at 4:55 PM, Janesta <janesta at gmail.com 
> <mailto:janesta at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> Mom used Borax soap and sugar water. They eat the sugar, and die from 
>> the Borax. Works every time!
>>
>> Janesta
>>
>> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Dave <tiedye at turbonet.com 
>> <mailto:tiedye at turbonet.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Man, you have one heck of a long attention span, I would have
>>     lost count at around 30. 
>>
>>     Mother nature got rid of my carpenter ants for me by moving in a
>>     hive of red and black mound ants (the real vicious kind).  I was
>>     about to kill the mound ants so that I could travel that part of
>>     my yard without getting bit when I noticed then carring off
>>     carpenter ant bodies.  So I put up with the mound ants until
>>     there was no sign of the carpenter ants, then I killed the mound
>>     with a very small amount of ant dust and a shovel.
>>
>>     So I say let them duke it out, and then poison the red ones. 
>>
>>     I have a new kind of ant problem, they look like carpenter ants
>>     but they go for food
>>     especially sugar.  I'm thinking about trying to import another
>>     hive of red and blacks to get rid of them.
>>
>>     Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>     On 05/17/2010 01:52 PM, Carl Westberg wrote:
>>>     I think I counted 1,458,276 ants on my front lawn sidewalk and
>>>     front porch steps today before I lost count.  Both black ants
>>>     and red ants, and there's bad blood between them.  I saw a huge
>>>     brawl on one of the steps today.  Red ants were definitely
>>>     winning.  While I am generally a pacifist, I have murder in my
>>>     heart vis-a-vis these critters.  Does anyone know of an
>>>     effective, non-toxic method of sending them to ant heaven while
>>>     not hurting other innocent, 4 legged or winged friends?  I'm not
>>>     sure Raid is the answer.
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