aprilhenry ([info]aprilhenry) wrote,
@ 2008-03-11 17:46:00
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Eat, eat my pretties!
I found some Terro at our local A-Boy Hardwear. It's borax mixed with sweetner, with seems less toxic than some other choices. You're supposed to tear these cheesy orange cardboard squares off the box and put a drop of Terro on them.

Some of the orange squares are being ignored. Others are overrun with ants who are busy drinking the Kool-Aid, so to speak. There are many, many, many more ants than I had thought. Many, many more.

It reminds me of that movie Willard.



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[info]azang
2008-03-12 01:08 am UTC (link)
Did you miss my comment about Amdro? I made it on your last ant post. I can tell you firsthand, the stuff works great.

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[info]aprilhenry
2008-03-12 01:11 am UTC (link)
No Amdro at our hardware store. I'll have to get some next time I go to Home Depot.

I did look it up online - it didn't say what the active ingredients are that I could see. It alwasy worries me if it says it kills like 50 kinds of bugs.

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[info]azang
2008-03-12 01:25 am UTC (link)
Okay, I grabbed my bottle. The active ingredient is; Hydramethylnon 0.73% by weight. I don't know anything about that, but I suspect it is a bad stuff. It comes in a base that looks like corn. When I put it down, it is always in a small amount and I cover it up so another animal doesn't get it. The ants take most if not all of it underground. If there is any left, it can be cleaned up. In the house, I've even taped over it with clear tape so I can see through it. I have cats and will not risk them getting it. I rarely put down pesticides of any kind. I've never had a bug person out, I don't use weed killer. (And I'm really tempted to because I'm up to my neck in weeds...I'm 4'11! We're having to take them down by hand, it sucks!)lol! I hope you can get some Amdro, I think you'll be happy. This is coming from someone who feels guilty for having poisoned the ants. Good luck!

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[info]azang
2008-03-12 01:27 am UTC (link)
Oh, and the only thing it says it kills on the label is ants.

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[info]aprilhenry
2008-03-12 01:48 am UTC (link)
That's good. Some of the other products in the hardware store said Ants in big letters and then listed everything from wasps to roaches to slugs.

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