Posted on 10/24/2019 7:12:08 AM PDT by Red Badger
I sprinkle borax around the perimeter of my house sometimes when I see ants next to the foundation. It warms my heart to see them after they’ve traveled across an inch or so of borax berm. They immediately slow down and a couple of seconds later appear to be frozen. I’ve read that the borax particles get into their exoskeleton pieces and cause severe pain when the pieces move. Hey ant, life’s a bitch and then you die.
Get your cracked foundation fixed.
Haven't seen "strike anywhere" kitchen matches in a long time. Only the "strike on box" are available. After a while that strip gets worn down...sooooooooooooo...I use a lighter to light the match. Don't ask.
Sadly, Ohio Blue Tip matches are no more. Gone, just a memory in the minds of old dodderers.
Yes, Diamond brand “Strike Anywhere” matches are still sold, though they barely light even when struck on the box. So yeah, useless, or near enough.
I saw that video on the news this morning but missed the reason for him blowing up his yard. I was amazed on how it blew up in chunks. Maybe the ant tunnels caused it to happen that way. He sure messed up his top soil.
Soak some strips of balsa wood in boric acid & water. Set the wood in area of termite activity.
They heard they were going to stop selling Diazinon crystals about 15 years ago. So, I bought the last 8 bags my local retailer had. I used the last one a couple years ago.
Now, I spread DE around the dog yard a couple times a year.
I am more concerned about ticks than carpenter ants.
Carpenter ants are only an issues here in NH if you buy loose bark mulch in bulk from one of the local landscape companies. Now, I buy it bagged.
Decent matched may have taken a beating because of the red phosphorus. It is used to make meth.
Was he drinking Dum-Bass beer before his attempt to blow up the anthill?
I heard (not they)
He should’ve packed the hole with calcium carbide, watered the area, then applied a spark.
He should’ve just poured boiling water down the ant hole.
Well yes! What good is pouring gasoline on a red ant bed if you are not going to set it on fire. This was for RED ANTS. Black ants simply die from the gasoline alone.
Is there some way we can show that income taxes are used to make meth? Because it seems meth making trumps all other forms of reason to get the target banned out of existence.
And you’re darn right about “meth” being the end that justifies too many abuses. Have a look at the Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996.
Ants inside the Home is simple and inexpensive. Wherever the little €^%#¥£ SOB’s are make sure the area is DRY then put down some Yellow Corn Meal (not a Mix of white/yellow or corn muffin mix or self rising, they are too fine grained) and give it a day or so. The workers grab it and return to the Queens Palace and feed it to her, the guards/nurses and all the other workers. They eat it and then drink water and the Corn Meal absorbs the water and it expands and their stomach explodes. POOF ! Not toxic and costs way less than poisons.
Been using this for Decades.
Outside the Home. Go to the Hardware Store and get about 6’ of 1/2” Flexible Electric Conduit (also called Greenfield), 2 Conduit to Metal Box connectors (make sure they have the locking nuts) for the Flex Conduit. You will also need a big metal coffee can or a metal 5 gallon bucket.
Take the muffler off the lawnmower. Put the fittings on each end of the Greenfield Conduit. Drill a hole in the bottom of the coffee can to match the threaded end of the connector. Install the fitting in the can with the nut on the inside and tighten. Install the other end to the Muffler location on the Mower. Go to the first ant bed and place the can over the mound. Hold it down with your foot, another person that’s helping you or a big rock or brick. Start the Mower and run for a few minutes. You have just gassed them including the Queen. Repeat on other mounds if needed.
Farmers and Ranchers, Y ‘All can do the Same with the Tractor and up sized Greenfield, fittings and a 55 drum.
Enjoy being ant free. Especially those Damned Fireants !!!
We use boric acid powder in a spray. Does really well.
Yessireebub, that one blowed up real good!
Hmm. I had heard the opposite--that fire ants get rid of crazy ants.
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