"Patch" wrote:
"donald girod" wrote in message
...
By any chance, will sprinkling borax on an ant hill eliminate the
colony (assuming a few dry days)? I have a number of ant hills (the
kind that
will
get a couple of feet tall if you let them) starting in an area where I
mow,
and this is fairly undesirable. They could just go somewhere else, but
I don't think they will. I think borax is effective against them, and
it seems to me that sprinkling it all over the exposed surface is going
to
mess
them up pretty good, but what do I know?


What part of the country are you in & what kind of ants? If you're
talking about "fire-ants" they are hard to get rid of.

Good point. Oftanol used to work well for most any ant (including fire).

I'm not sure of it's legal status right now, it's an organophosphate.

Most organo's are on their way out now, beacuse of over use and their
colinesteras (motor function) inhibiting ability. Bird kill is another
reason. I'm drifting from the topic now.

If Oftanol is still available, and borax doesn't work, try the big O.

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