The Great War of the Ants continues! We now have tools to keep the armies of invaders at bay with our orange oil concoction. (Did you know that my orange oil spray makes a good surface cleaner, too? Water it down a bit to use as a cleaner, just don’t use it on windows.) Our strategy now calls for a more aggressive attack upon our enemies. We will be going behind enemy lines for this next phase of the war.
The underlying idea of this attack is to distract and destroy. The weapon is bait, laced with poison and inserted into the enemy’s base and along their supply lines. I am using two different types of bait, in different locations, as a test to determine which bait is most effective. One of the baits is homemade, a mixture of raw honey and boric acid. The other is Spinosad granules. Spinosad is a byproduct of the rum-making process, so it must be deadly. It can be purchased from your local gardening store that carries organic supplies.
The homemade honey and boric acid baits are a long time favorite of “natural” pest control practitioners. I spent last night making the baits. For instructions on making the boric acid baits see my article, How to Control Ants With Honey.
I went around the house today in serach of ant nests and ant supply lines. I found two major supply lines. Those little bastards were finding their way in through three windows along the front of the house and the window in the master bathroom. I chose the front windows as my test location for the boric acid baits and the bathroom window as my Spinosad trial location.
In the Spinosad areas I sprinkled the granules liberally around the ants’ point of entry. Along the front of the house, I strategically placed the boric acid baits along the ant supply lines. After just a few minutes, the ants had abandoned their attack on the house and were sippin’ the Kool-Aid, so to speak. We will see what the results of the test are tomorrow.
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