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On 23-6-2016 6:20, Alain wrote:
>> On 21-6-2016 17:29, Anthony D. Baye wrote:
>>> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degroot org> wrote:
>>>> Talking of ants, I am in the middle of a grim human-against-ants
>>>> campaign. Not sure who is going to win at this stage. My forces have
>>>> had
>>>> to retreat a couple of yards for lack of ammunition, and major
>>>> regrouping - on both sides - is under way.
>>>>
>>> Assuming you're being literal, I've found a pretty good solution to ant
>>> infestations, if you like oranges.
>>>
>>> Grind up the orange peels and scatter them on the ground around the
>>> anthill: It
>>> kills off the fungus that the ants feed on.
>>>
>>
>> As usual, I was grossly exaggerating but the ants need constant
>> vigilance in some parts of the garden. Oranges: good idea! Thank you, I
>> shall add them to the ordnance ;-)
>>
>
> Give then corn starch. They love it but can't digest it at all and it
> end up clogging their digestive thact.
> For ants, eating corn starch is like us eating plaster of cement powder
> in large quantity, but tastier.
Great! This is becoming nicely grisly. Maybe I should turn this into an
image with metal ants eating/drinking something corrosive. Thanks for
the info!
--
Thomas
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