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Originally Posted by Eric
Mmmm ... Ants and chips, with lots of vinegar ... a new delicacy!
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Well, seems there is summat like chocolate ants .. yuk.
Hey, Panther .. just found this in old fashioned book on Household Hints:-
Controlling the Blighters
- Sprinkle sugar where ants will find it.Follow ant trail back to the nest. Pour kerosene, turpentine or paraffin into nest. The ants will not return, and paintwork will not be affected.
- Borax and sugar is an effective ant poison. Mix 2 cups sugar, 1 cup hot water,2 tablespoons borax, 2 tablespoons boracic acid. Boil for 3 minutes, cool and bottle. Place in low-sided dishes near ant trails. Replenish dishes until ants are eliminated.
- Crushed cloves sprinkled near nest will repel ants
- Sprinkle talcum powder across ant trail outside nest .. (already recommended earlier)
Sounds like a lot of bother to me, probably the basis of modern 'ant' insecticides anyway, and not sure would particularly wish to eliminate them in a mass 'genocide' .. just stop them coming in to yer' house, eh ?