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P'Gell
There is this stuff called Terro. It's nothing more than boric acid in a syrup base. You put it on little pieces of cardboard about the size of a quarter or a dime and the ants bring it home to the nest and it kills the queen and that's it. I
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There is this stuff called Terro. It's nothing more than boric acid in a syrup base. You put it on little pieces of cardboard about the size of a quarter or a dime and the ants bring it home to the nest and it kills the queen and that's it. I put it on cardboard on the counter tops. It takes 2 to 3 days to kill all the ants.
A dog would have to eat a couple of bottles of it for it to harm him, so it's pretty safe. One of my babies actually came crawling into the room once with a boric acid trap IN her mouth. I called Poison Control and they said it wouldn't hurt her. Boric acid is the stuff you use to wash clothes with, it's not all that toxic to people, but it works well for ants.
We use Terro several times during the summer.
For the spiders, I spray them with cheap hairspray, it freezes them, and then they die. I HATE spiders with a passion. Hairspray also works when a wasp or bee is flying around your house. It freezes their wings, so you can mash 'um when they fall to the floor. BLGUGHGHGHHGGH I hate bugs.
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Yes, Terro is the best ant bait there is. I've had a nest somewhere between the walls near the garage, and those pesky little things kept crawling all over my foyer and drove me nuts. I laid one package at a corner, where they were crawling out under the carpet, and the stupid ants totally disappeared a week later. The good thing is, my dog doesn't even bother to sniff it. I also like to scatter dry Borax powder outdoors underneath the wood decks, to keep other ants from building nests down there.
Aside from that one incident of invading ants, there's always a spider here and there, especially when it's hot outside. I'm going to try your Hairspray method, next time when I see those annoying spiders around. Thank you for your wonderful suggestion!