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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!
>
Bronze or copper ants drinking nitric acid, surrounded by a reddish-brow
clous and drippind blue fluids...
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