Hi Marshall, I don't know how fire ants respond to borax (Not 20 mule team, or boraxo, BTW) but the leaf -miners go for it as do the red ants which live in the dead white and black oaks around here; I do not believe they are sugar eaters per-se, and they'll munch a mouse carcass if the yellow-jackets don't beat them to it.
Whoever made the rather shaky determination that borax "tastes like sugar" to ants may have drawn an unsupportable conclusion. I'd suggest we could learn more - well, you could - by putting some by a fire ant trail or nest and seeing what happens. I don't have fire ants - yet, anyway - and hope devoutly not to. Take care, M. On Mon, 2009-10-05 at 12:25 -0400, Marshall Dudley wrote: > So I guess mixing with soybean or peanut meal would be a good choice. Or > do they only go for animal proteins? > > Marshall > > Renee wrote: > > Probably not, unless you mix it with meat or some protein they like. > > The standard thing for 'regular' ants is mixing borax with sugar. But > > fire ants don't bother with sweets. They go for protein. > > > > Samala, > > Renee > > > > > > /-------Original Message-------/ > > > > Will fire ants take it? > > > > > > > > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
