Ants and insects - Orchid Board

Leisurely · #1 05-21-2008, 09:36 AM

Please keep us informed. I haven't seen any ants since I sprayed orthene but they are likely to come in from the landscape. After I sprayed I put out Harris Roach Tablets which is boric acid in a pill form. It works on roaches and ants and is safe for children and pets. I needed to eliminate colonies of them so I had to get out the big guns in the beginning. The baits should keep them under control now. A Shepherd and his sheep is a good analogy. I have heard it said for a long time that ants farm insects for the honeydew that is secreted.

vmax3000 · #2 05-21-2008, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Leisurely

Harris Roach Tablets which is boric acid in a pill form. It works on roaches and ants and is safe for children and pets. .

Jerry,
Where did you get those? I have an infestation of the little

(swear words deleted) roach monsters and I also have some toads, a couple of anoles and a Mediterranean gecko or two hanging around that I didn't want to injure. The roaches have overwhelmed me....I have been repotting madly - no pun intended!

Ang · #3 08-06-2008, 03:22 PM

I might have to try this for the ants before they spread to other palnts.

vmax3000 · #4 08-06-2008, 06:32 PM

I ended up mixing up some cake icing with boric acid and injecting it into drinking straw pieces (little tubes). The population has dropped. I don't see so many ants and I don't MISS the roaches. The scale population seems to have declined, as well. Just my

on this latest experiment! I still need to find some of the those tablets.