01-04-2011, 11:09 PM
@Obie
Pharoah ants (and similar) can be a real pain, literally, even the black ones sting!
I bought a house that had a major infestation in the "attic", except it was a flat roof with zero access, except for the insects. I drizzled Terro on the outside walls anywhere I saw an ant, and within a day they were lined up on either side of the "Terro lines" - Terro is basically a sticky solution of sugar and boric acid, but you don't need enough of it to worry too much about making your own, about half a small bottle killed the whole (probably hundreds of thousands) colony within a week.
I also kept a small aluminum boat in the backyard there, and it developed an infestation under the seats, drain-hole only access. Same deal, but this time it only needed a couple of drops on about 4 slips of cardboard scattered around where they would find them.
Too bad bedbugs won't go for bait - well, actually, I read that in the middle ages they would send a pig into the room before bedtime so that the bugs would get their fill of blood before the people went in to sleep for the night - maybe we could spike the pigs' blood?
Pharoah ants (and similar) can be a real pain, literally, even the black ones sting!
I bought a house that had a major infestation in the "attic", except it was a flat roof with zero access, except for the insects. I drizzled Terro on the outside walls anywhere I saw an ant, and within a day they were lined up on either side of the "Terro lines" - Terro is basically a sticky solution of sugar and boric acid, but you don't need enough of it to worry too much about making your own, about half a small bottle killed the whole (probably hundreds of thousands) colony within a week.
I also kept a small aluminum boat in the backyard there, and it developed an infestation under the seats, drain-hole only access. Same deal, but this time it only needed a couple of drops on about 4 slips of cardboard scattered around where they would find them.
Too bad bedbugs won't go for bait - well, actually, I read that in the middle ages they would send a pig into the room before bedtime so that the bugs would get their fill of blood before the people went in to sleep for the night - maybe we could spike the pigs' blood?