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John85
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Trying to control ants with aspartame....again
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July 16, 2014, 05:49:47 PM »
Last year I tried with a"light" drink and the ants didn't touch it.
This year I used pure aspartam on sugar sirop and they ignored it also.
As a control I offered them sugar sirop without aspartam:same result.
It seems that not all ants have a sweet......mandible.
Tried with some meat and they ate it but they didn't eat the meat with aspartam on it.
I wonder if some gardeners had the same problem and how they solved it.
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arillady
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Re: Trying to control ants with aspartame....again
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July 18, 2014, 11:23:23 AM »
Hey John they sound like very fussy ants.
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Pat Toolan,
Keyneton,
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Hans J
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Re: Trying to control ants with aspartame....again
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July 18, 2014, 12:15:36 PM »
Hi John ,
I have heard before some days a good advice :
Fill some Coca Cola in a saucer ...add one drop of washing-up liquid...thats all !
The ants will drown...but only if you add the washing-up liquid !
Good luck
Hans
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July 19, 2014, 12:34:33 PM »
The only effective control that I use is Lorsban.It kills large underground ant nests.It also kills earwigs.
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Paul R
Bunbury Western Australia
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