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| 1527.1 | Kills more bugs than LSE... | JAWS::COTE | yawn... | Wed Jul 06 1988 19:16 | 11 |
| Stop the ants OUTSIDE the house.
Diazanon (by Chevron) works great. My house gets attacked by ants
twice a year, about 3-4 weeks apart. Diazanon sprayed 3-4' out from
the foundation and up into the eaves where the house joins the
foundation stops 'em dead.
Use according to directions and keep das kitties in a closed room
while you spray.
Edd
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| 1527.2 | See note 1186 | VAXWRK::LEVINE | | Wed Jul 06 1988 19:52 | 5 |
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See note 1186 for a previous discussion on the subject. I think there's
another note on this as well, but couldn't find it.
Pam
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| 1527.3 | They BITE! | HILLST::MASON | Explaining is not understanding | Wed Jul 06 1988 22:20 | 6 |
| Poor Max was bitten on the lip and tail by a couple of the big black
ones this spring (in the house!) He was hilarious (sorry Max) when
trying to shake the one off his tail. We finally caught him and
removed it. He appeared none the worse for wear.
Gary
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| 1527.4 | Try a more safe method... | SCAVAX::MCDONOUGH | | Tue Jul 12 1988 14:05 | 18 |
| Why not use the "old" remedies instead of using poisonous chemicals?
(1)Find out where they are cominmg from, and sprinkle cinnamon across
their path,a nd everywhere you have seen them. Ants can't stand
cinnamon, and will not cross the powder.
(2)If that doesn't work, find a supermarket that caries dry GRITS.
Sprinkle dry grits around the area where they've been observed and
if you know ehrer the nest is, give that area a generous portion
of them also. Nobody knows EXACTLY what grits do, but the theory
that makes most sense to me is that the ants take the grits back
to the nest, everyone has their fill of them, and that they then
swell up in the ants' stomach, severly constipating them and their
queen, and they stop eating. This cure has worked in the south where
nothing else has worked on Fire Ants....and if you know anything
about Fire Ants, you know they are HELL to eradicate. It's reproted
that this cure has eliminated them over ACRES of land....
JM
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| 1527.5 | dry GRITS? | MARVIN::JUBB | Alison - Lead writer for PSI and LES | Wed Jul 13 1988 16:11 | 3 |
| What is "dry GRITS"?
Ali (in England)
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| 1527.6 | | INDEBT::TAUBENFELD | Almighty SET | Wed Jul 13 1988 16:16 | 5 |
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My mother told me that cucumber peels work. The ants eat them and
die. I have never tried this so I can't make any claims.
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| 1527.7 | :^} | SWSNOD::DALY | Serendipity 'R' us | Wed Jul 13 1988 16:24 | 6 |
| RE: .6 cucumber peels
Yeah, but then how do you get rid of the flys that the cucumber
peels attracted?
Marion
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| 1527.8 | | GLINKA::GREENE | | Wed Jul 13 1988 16:45 | 8 |
| re: .7 and the flies
Not to worry. The cats will occupy themselves for hours chasing
after the flies. But then...how does one replace all the broken
and torn lampshades, windowshades, vases, curtains, etc. that the
cat destroyed while defending the home from the attacking fly?
:-) Cat_Lady_with_no_breakable_items_left
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| 1527.9 | boy, can I relate to that .8 | EDUC8::TRACHMAN | | Wed Jul 13 1988 17:26 | 6 |
| You too, Penn?? I am so tired of picking up the da*^&^kn lamps
books, piles of stuff that I am too lazy to put away - as I
mentioned in another note, chasing the outside bugs is Prime
Time TV after day time TV of bird watching is over because
of darkness. I could wash the big window in the livingroom
daily, ha ha of course I don't.
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| 1527.10 | a Yankee speaks | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen, Sweetie, & Holly; in Calif. | Wed Jul 13 1988 17:39 | 6 |
| Re: dry grits
Grits is coarsely ground corn (just part of the corn, actually,
I think). It is considered edible in the Southern U.S. I think
they boil it, or something.....
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| 1527.11 | grits is grits.... | TRILGY::WILDE | Time and Tide wait for Norman | Wed Jul 13 1988 20:14 | 17 |
| > Re: dry grits
>
> Grits is coarsely ground corn (just part of the corn, actually,
> I think). It is considered edible in the Southern U.S. I think
> they boil it, or something.....
Well, yeah, but it's not THAT simple...first you make hominy which are
dried corn kernels treated with a bleaching substance (some horrible
caustic chemical like lye or something) and then rinsed and dried again.
The hominy is then ground into a coarse meal known as grits.
In the southern United States,
this meal is cooked into a cereal or porriage that resembles wall paper
paste in texture (almost, but it IS a little grainier) and taste....
I think it's an "acquired" taste. Cooked grits may also be cooled,
sliced, and fried in bacon grease for breakfast ....served with maple
syrup, it's quite palatable. I suspect the British noters might have
difficulty in locating grits.
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| 1527.12 | getting rid of ants | TRILGY::WILDE | Time and Tide wait for Norman | Wed Jul 13 1988 20:20 | 9 |
| Re: getting rid of ants
In California, anyway, most of the ants we see are looking for either fat or
sweet food items. It is unlikely bait like grits will work to control them
as they are not likely to EAT them. The ant stakes are created with a
chemical attractant that appears much like currant jelly to the ants,
that is what attracts them....many professional eradicators use currant
jelly mixed with (I think) boric acid to get the ants...they carry the bait
back to the nest and that kills off the colony.
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