On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:52:17 +0100, Uli Lachmuth
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Lar schrieb:
wrote:
European Wasps?
I am trying to find out if there is any type of insecticide powder /
liquid that can be lightly coated (or thoroughly mixed) on mince meat,
so European Wasps will be willing to eat the meat.....and most
importantly.....take it back to their nests? The trick is not to repel
them from the meat. I know that European Wasps love eating mince meat,
but is there anything even MORE attractive to them? Something that
would send them crazy with hunger.
Probably any of the inorganic dusts that are commonly used in pest
control may work... boric acid, diatamaceous earth, silica gel. The
guess work would be how much (little) would be the amount to mix with
the bait matrix to have any effect without making the bait unattractive
to them.
Boric acid OK, but DE or silica gel? These work from outside interfering
with the cuticle wax layer (some claim they'd block spiracles, but
that's guesswork and not yet proven). I do not know any mention that
they'd have any potential as stomach poisons.
Borax would do - its easy to get, quantities of about 1 to 2% are used
in ant rid. Ants and bees are descended from wasps so the same kind
of chemical will kill them. Tartar emetic is used too, but is harder
to get - try a homiopathic chemist. Lead acetate may do the job too,
but could leave toxic remainders in the environment.
I would not expect that silica gel would be harmful to eat.
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