Posted by 4play on August 16, 2014 at 13:22:16 from (68.97.127.144):
In Reply to: Ant Hills posted by DoubleR on August 15, 2014 at 17:58:55:
A good dose of poison or deterrent will usually be effective but if you don't kill off the colony and queen you might be just slowing them down for a bit. Lets say you kill half the colony and the queen is still alive they will start working overtime to reproduce and bring the colony back. I like the baits/poisons that they can take back into the colony and spread it throughout so basically you don't want to kill them immediately.
Borax (boric acid) is what's in a lot of baits and poisons and its great on killing little bugs. They will ingest the borax and it will slowly kill the ants/bugs. This works best because if you use it as bait so the ants will take it back to the colony before they die for the colony to eat too.
If you make your own bait just use around 2-4 tablespoons of Borax and mix it into something like honey, jelly or peanut butter and set in on a plate, you can even put it in a box or container and poke little holes for the ants to get in/out. put bait close to the colony or higher ant traffic places but they will still find it if not too far. Just make sure other critters or animals you care about cant get into the bait.
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