05-14-2013, 06:54 PM
a friend who used to be a pest expert for the USDA said that boric acid mixed with peanut butter worked well for fire ants. He also had a neat delivery system: make up a batch of the poison peanut butter, then stab plastic drinking straws into it (to fill the straws). The straws keep the bait dry and can be hung in trees.
Of course, I use peanut butter to test new plants for antfestation; unfortunately, my cats like peanut butter and associate new plants with peanutty treats, and one of them is going blind in one eye due to fire ant bite. Now we have to put the plants where the cats can't get to them while we test.
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Of course, I use peanut butter to test new plants for antfestation; unfortunately, my cats like peanut butter and associate new plants with peanutty treats, and one of them is going blind in one eye due to fire ant bite. Now we have to put the plants where the cats can't get to them while we test.
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