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Default Ants in the kitchen - and elsewhere


"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
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> George Shirley wrote:
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>> ChattyCathy wrote:

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>>>
>>> I'll try this, if I can get my hands on some of the aforementioned
>>> boric acid; PB I have.

>>
>> I don't know if you have it where you live but here in the US we can
>> get it in supermarkets in the "kill a roach" section. Comes in a
>> large, plastic squeeze bottle. It does do a number on roaches but it
>> also, when mixed with peanut butter kills ants. They eat it and then
>> go belly up.

>
> There is an animal feed store not too far from us - and they also stock
> quite a selection of stuff like that... I'll swing by there soon and
> see if they have it. Thanks.
>

Any drug store carries boric acid, probably on the shelf near the epsom
salts... probably near the douche bags too:
http://www.amazon.com/Boric-Acid-Pow...2599465&sr=8-1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boric_acid#Medicinal