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Cut up some pieces of thick cardboard and place some of the mixture on each card. Also interesting was that I noticed many ants were attracted to my kitchen sink where they’d (seem) to be attracted to the little patches of water in the sink basin as if they were thirsty. Borax has also worked incredibly well for the millipede infestation that occurs every year in our garage come fall. So, I was listening to an ant specialist on NPR some years back and he said some things that may be of help/interest. Wondering if anyone has tried using borax and corn syrup? Borax is also known as sodium borate, sodium tetraborate and disodium tetraborate. I actually have a small amount of the plain pb and borax mix next to the new improved pb borax and shortening to see …, That’s a good idea Rho. peanut butter & honey with borax: (3TBSP/1TBSP/1tsp) I think I’m going to try a brown sugar mix. Mixed confectionary sugar and borax, put it out dry, and still a few days afterward, they would not touch it so we pulled it. Hi Brittany, I have not had a repeat of mine since last summer. They may be breeding inside your walls. Many years ago I tried both the granulated sugar and peanut butter methods. Only use sweet mixtures where bees won’t feast on them. Sprinkle cinnamon in front of door ways or places you know they are coming in. I am beginning to see ants again this year and still have some of the solution from last year. I’ve got to find something that works to get rid of these ants! You would think after this long, they would all be gone. Do not place the traps in areas where animals (like the family pet) can accidentally open the lid and ingest the poison. I love it! A friend’s dog ate one, she called poison control, since it’s labeled as harmful. The ground will boil for about a minute and then for about a dollars worth of bleach no more ant colony. Ultimately, the Terro failed the following year, for whatever reason. And after 2 week they are completely gone. To be honest, I’m not sure I gave it long enough, but there were literally HUNDREDS of ants nearby and other than one or two ants they ignored it totally. Borax or boric acid mixed with peanut butter or corn syrup, or mixed with sugar water on cotton balls is a common way to kill ants, just like when you sprinkle Borax on ant … He used quite a bit of boric acid in his mixture too. After 2 or 3 days I never saw another ant! I had thought, but didn’t want to believe that the holes I had seen in a brick threshold and path I laid from the side door down the alley to the yard was probably the work of ants and now I know…. 5 parts (5 tsp) Brown Sugar I did not treat the whole yard over the NC temp winter. I also had no idea if they found the bait, since I placed it before bed. In order to entice them to bring it back to the colony, you have to mix the borax with some of their favorite foods. I’d wished he would have used regular peanut butter instead of low fat. #1- I purchased a gallon jug of Terro brand ant killer online from a professional exterminator supply company for $49.00, and free shipping last year. I use corn syrup. Keeping as much as possible clean, even if those pesky co-inhabitants drop the ball/food now and then, with vinegar, the mint or lavender soap by Dr. Bronner as suggested above. 2 T. Borax, I soaked an old, cut-up sock in the liquid mixture (it was almost a syrup, having put in less water than I have before) and set that out… and I put out a teaspoon of peanut butter. What are your thoughts? No matter which recipe you use, you’ll need some type of container to hold the bait. They will also eat pet foods. Thanks for the report of your experiences Colleen. Their secret formula folks, right there. Eat protein Check out this post that shows how I used Borax to preserve flowers from my garden. Funny how the ad to the side of this post is for the SimpliSafe thingie “Stop Intruders” it’s so appropriate for this site, isn’t it? Thanks Alfred. I would like to find out if anyone has a spray solution I can use in a 3 gal. Thanks for sharing! My experience for success is to put out “the picnic” in the spring when you see your first few ants, and where you see them. Carol, Thx so much I’m trying it w peanut butter n borax like NOW, I have a cat also and she is quite the ant hater (don’t mess w MY food, she says! NOTE:  The honey and powdered sugar traps had a larger concentration of borax in the mix than the others. I find that when I get heavy rains, I get more ants, but one treatment normally fixes them again. It cuts up their exoskeleton. Thanks Lou, you solved my “forever” problem! Carol. I used the liquid form of this and put it on cotton balls placed in 2 or 3 places on my counter. A colony can generally only tolerate one queen. Hope this lasts! The MAGIC ingredient if FAT. Usually it’s not till mid-summer they appear, but this year they showed up late March, which is like 3 or 4 months earlier. That’s 8%! There is such an effective list of ant killer remedies. I also have a nice big jar of apple cider vinegar which I have discovered makes a great, and inexpensive, cleaner. Sometimes it takes a few days for them all to disappear. I set this out yesterday, in the afternoon they peaked in volume, and this morning I haven’t seen a single ant! If you have ants in your garden, do NOT drop the ant bait directly onto the soil! Haven’t figured out what concoction works yet for that. 1 / 19 = 5.26% 1 measure borax + 19 measures of sugar, Borax/Molar mass 1.114 381.37 / 342.2965 = 1.114 The best solution is what I call the commando response. 1 1/2 cups water In April of this year, we had a fire at the house we had been living in. Brent and Diane, Glad to hear it worked for you Brent. There are some great tips here. I even tried mixing it with peanut butter as some sites suggested but stll they won't eat it Mixture is: 1 cup of sugar, 3 tbs of boric acid … They nibble at peanut butter, but prefer the grease spots on paper instead of peanut butter. I’ve used bleach ever since and you can buy it cheap at the dollar store. I don’t know what to suggest for them. I made a mix of 50/50 apple cider vinegar and water, put it in a spray bottle, and went to work. Worker ants will consume the borax bait and bring it back to the colony for the other ants to eat. The biggest mounds I used a quick Exterminating product that I bought at the hardware store to quickly kill (vs bait for queen) first rid the majority of adults. Perhaps you have another, better remedy that works for you. It attracts the little ants but it seems to be killing them while they are eating it I read an article which recommended the use of food-safe diatomaceous earth, it worked like a charm. Great tips John. A big endorsement for sugar, water and borax. Not all of it is negative. We recently had to get rid of sugar ants and I used the caps with my bait and they’re eating away! The winner, hands-down, was tuna fish. The reason is simple: This is the strongest mixture of borax, and the ants could easily detect it and stay away. I have a similar problem here in NC when it rains. We’ll see what the morning brings! Carol. They come in droves for this stuff–and then they are Gone!! Hope it gets rid of them. At this point I decided to try home made ant killer remedies. If you want to try out Borax and see for yourself how effective it is at eliminating pests, all you will need to do is mix the following ingredients: 1. I replaced the ones I had from last year – two were empty, the others still had liquid in them. To date, while I have had some moderate success with various mixtures, this has been by far the most impressive. Thanks to one of our readers, Lou. I’m curious if it’s really killing the ants or they are just getting bigger? But still….. Those are carpenter ants! Should I try a different ratio or something else? put this liquid into the jar, boil or not boil, up to you. It came in 1 ounce syringes and you squirt it out onto areas where they are seen. outside I put it on their hills so they cannot miss it.. they take the stuff in to the queen. I tried cinnamon and the borax and sugar with water for my ants outside. Apple cider vinegar is non toxic and not a permanent solution but ants do not like it and stay away for a while. have passed it on to friends who are very happy with the results as well.. the ants will not go after the mix if there is too much borax but they cannot resist the icing sugar so a bit more sugar than borax is the trick. I use the sugar method with fantastic results. If you find ants in your home or yard, you now know how you can use borax to make liquid and solid baits to attract ants and ultimately kill the colony. Cinnamon is a repellent for ants so use it around areas that you want them to stay away from. It’s a little bit messy unless you are careful, but it cleans up easily for company! It only takes a few minutes to get rid of ants and insure a season free of ant … I do think that that might be too much Borax, but it worked for you, right? Carol. These could be carpenter ants, and can do a lot of damage. Worked overnight. And maybe death, in this case! One of the best ways to control ants is to prevent them from coming into the home in the first place. You can often find it at farm feed stores. Hi John. ok so i think i needed to add this, as a beekeeper borax really worries me around my hives. They won’t even look at the Terro syrup, so PB&B I guess it is. (I too love PB, and I would hate to waste it! Never really noticed a problem outside, but wanted to cover all bases. It didn’t really work as it stayed separate from the sugar/borax mixture. I just mixed equal parts of it and place it in a condiment lid to try out tonight in my test. The second test gave me a much longer time without ants reappearing. I use it for all types of Ants, last year on my driveway where there was a crack I had a colony of these tiny tiny ants put down the Baking Soda and icing sugar and they were gone by the afternoon, and it is not toxic to your pets. I will pull out the borax & sugar first sign of any future invasions. containers with 1/4″ holes in the sides and keep the lids on. Sugar water/Borax and sugar water/Borax/syrup combo’s worked for me in my kitchen where sugar ants were continually roaming around the cabinets. So, when people don’t pick up their dog poop, wait for the random visit of a condo company to clean in front of their house and so forth, I get a little bitter! Before I got into the ant killer tests, I wanted to at least minimize the amount of ants running around. Apparently my little ants are carb lovers especially dog food lovers, so it came to me that of COURSE I should base my kill sauce on that. I just want to kill the ants, not make them fat! I am going to mix up more of the borax/sugar mixture at a lower ratio, but add water to it since they don’t seem to want anything that is dry. Directions on trap said to allow 10-14 days to kill out colony. My grandfather had a chicken farm for 60 plus years. If you really want to rid yourself of ants you have to eliminate all access to your home except the front door and that 1 access you treat with an irritant strip and a couple of baits on each side and a rubber gasket that seals most of the door. HI Bob. Bug spray worked – sort of, but some of always ended up in the basement. My experience with the thicker syrups is that they formed a skin so they had to be replaced more often. There were a few larger varieties mixed in here and there. Carol, Can u mix them and use a spray bottle to spray the areas, HI David. I have witnessed how they left food on the counter, so it was no wonder. OMG. I also get those big black flies in armies in the windows for unknown reasons every once in a while. light sprinkle of Borax to the mix and stirred. You will get different results if you mix the two up. But it has dozens of other uses too. I have used both and both work very well for me. Carol, the tiny ants we have love dog food(so much that if one crunchy bit is on the floor there will be a hundred ants around it within the hour)…and we have also discovered they love regergitated cat hair balls… I am trying the sugar solution tonight, but if I don’t have great results, i was planning on soaking some dog food in water to make a mush, then adding the borax.). Doing my best to DIY to get rid of these buggers. Yup, they’ll be back if you live in the woods, on sand,! Carol. I mixed real maple syrup with water and added Borax. For the solid borax ant recipe, you want to use the same 1-to-3 ratio mentioned in the liquid ant bait recipe. Fast forward about 5 years. Additionally, they lose the ability to remain hydrated. Hi Bill. Since the ants won’t touch the Terro I don’t know what to suggest. The things we loved about the neighbourhood have been tidied away, as this is a fact of the Imitation Bloomsberg Effect. Pets are also at risk because of accidental exposure and the possibility that they might consume the product. The ants love it. Or at most only a couple of ants who tried the front door. A fun time with Raid Barrier Max, with a cocktail to dull any guilt for those who cannot ask for forgiveness from themselves/Higher Power, as needed. Powdered Cinnamon sprinkled on the ants trail worked for, ME; for, inside; and, then I found their ant-hill outside–in the grass; and, I, place crushed crackers there, to feed them, so they can live; but, not at, MY, house!!! Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. I guess I was just hoping I had corrected whatever had gone wrong…but it didnt. I did a 100:1 mixture of peanut butter:borax, and 50:50:1 of white sugar:brown sugar:borax. Tip 3: Addition of fresh mint to the region where you have applied Borax, whose smell will deter ants, without affecting your pets at all. The distilled white vinegar works but only temporarily. Now the cook in me hopes this one works, since peanut butter is considered part of the food pyramid to me and I hope the ants will think so too. I tried a different variety of it when I lived in Australia and it worked beautifully. Carol. A room we had remodelled, it was clean, relaxing and suddenly, bathing was a group activity! You should notice the ants eating the mixture. These trails are an ideal place to put your borax bait, but it’s even better if you can place the bait right in their entryway. In testing the effectiveness in killing ants, I tested store bought Terro against Borax mixed with natural products as well as against Apple Cider Vinegar. Borax is the suggested poison for ants (and cockroaches). Does the retail Terro brand work better/worse than the home made baits? The ants will hopefully ingest some borax along with the sugar, and also get some stuck on their bodies as they crawl through the dish. In the early morning, I dropped saturated cotton balls all around my yard (they reminded me of the ice cream drips my kids left behind that attracted ants all summer). But, in your post you described using 8 teaspoons of borax with 2 cups of sugar. Required fields are marked *. I had actually sat a soda lid full of this mix in my window seal last year and I still had dead ants starting to fall in the floor in front of that window this year so the mixture had sat out for several months and was really dry but still worked! If they are taking the bait, they are dying. Many homemade products do just as good a job as the retail products that you buy in stores. Thanks for sharing it! I knew they would be back but was impressed with the length of time. There are two kind of ants – protein and sugar ants. Allow the mixture to cool and add to an old spray bottle. Lou’s idea works like your pet’s watering container, the kind you fill and flip upside down to last for days without refilling… or like a hummingbird feeder, it works on gravity. The would not eat purchased ant bait. Every so often, my kitchen gets a trail of ants in it. wish me luck and thanks for that good recipe! sour cream containers with the lids on and holes drilled into the sides, just below the lid. I have also noticed for that Borax can be replaced with Baking Soda it does the same thing as Borax does , I have used both and both work very well for me. The second spot, they are split between the sugar water and peanut butter. Please do not do this for outdoor locations as the mixture could attract bees and kill off their colonies. There are food and non food plants that can be planted to ward off ants and critters. here’s how you do it. Gasoline and oil are definitely not the most pleasant aspect of owning and using an automobile, but they are a necessary part of that “system”. I live next to a Christmas tree farm, and there are ant hills in the trees. Using Home Remedies to Kill Ants without Borax. amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0";amzn_assoc_search_bar = "false";amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "thegarcoo-20";amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual";amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart";amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon";amzn_assoc_region = "US";amzn_assoc_title = ""; Also read up on diatomaceous earth . (several hours of testing – at least 5 or more). May need to be repeated if you have a heavy infestation. I’d cover it so animals don’t get into it. Fast forward a few more years. ), My sister-in-law had success for several years with the sugar/water/borax combination, and for the protein ants, she mixed egg yolk and borax with success… however, now that about 4 years have passed, I was just talking to her today and she said NOTHING is working. Done. In fact, it is advisable that you substitute borax for boric acid if you notice that the ants are not attracted to the borax bait. Just a note on the peanut butter/sugar choices, depending on the stage of the life cycle of the ant colony, they will be foraging for either sugary or protein food sources. Although Borax was used in each remedy, it was used a bit differently in each test and with widely varying results. This clogged every sprayer I’d ever used for this mixture. I deduced the colony I annihilated had laid eggs and these were the first of the next generation hatching. Now that I have the ants under some reasonable sort of control inside, I decided to make this mixture that I got from an Australian YouTube video. I used 2 bags of the granules for ant control in the yard and spread it from the foundation to 4 feet away, all the way around the perimeter. i hate them and afraid whats under the house! Thanks for sharing this it really got me thinking as to what method to try. I remembered reading that white vinegar is good for cleaning up after ants. Thanks everyone for your ideas and comments; I’m going to try as many methods as possible since the ants coming into my home seem to have varied food fetishes! Have you tried any of these Borax Ant Killers? I like this article so much and found very helpful for me and everyone. Yes, Terro does state that it is toxic to pets. When ants eat the borax bait, it interferes with their digestive system and eventually kills them. Also, DE (food grade) is safe for humans and pets. Please help. thanks for posting your experiences Lorna. When shopping for one, do not accidentally buy the other, unless the only use is as an insecticide. I used to flush them with hot water, but as we all know, this is only a short term solution! Ants at my house won’t touch anything sweet, but love chicken. Simply mix all the ingredients together until they’re blended, and place the bait in the trap for the ants to consume. I put it in an old powdered dry commercial bait bottle, has a removal cap with holes and plastic so I can squeeze it. Killed ants by the hundreds. I had already tried the exterminators at huge prices for very little results and most of the other ant eliminators on the market. I only have ant problems when the ground is saturated with heavy rains, which happens rarely in north Texas. Watch risks to bees. Please leave your comments below. At least they are big and I can see them and they only seem to come in one at a time. That is helpful when trying to get rid of ants. I mix up pancake syrup and pour it in an old beer can that’s rinsed out well then lie it under bushes along my house. There is so much out there on the internet and one never knows if it is just passed on or accurate. Can I use the borax sugar mix in my garden? None of my homemade remedies has worked as well as Terro. I read almost all of the comments, but due to the lateness of the hour, wanted to add my experience to the mix before I fell into disturbing dreams of ants joining me in my bedroom. Here’s How to Get Rid... Getting Rid of Ants With Vinegar: Does it Really Work. Simply mix vinegar and water 50/50 into a spray bottle … In particular, fire ants and black ants prefer it. Boric acid is lethal to ants but will not harm humans or pets in small doses. I treated a huge mound of black ants with bleach and a couple days later I tried to find them and my foot sank in the ground up to my ankle. This is the info I got from a scientific site. Now we called a company out previously because of reoccurring problems since building the house. Vinegar. Thanks for the tips. I tried mashing up chicken with few drops of water and boric acid. I think the colony (or colonies) are inside a wall somewhere. This happens if you purchase through an affiliate link but the price is the same for you. Family moves out, we clean everything up, and another tenant moves in a few months later. Place the baits outside where ant activity can be seen. I also keep my cats and dogs out of the room I’m applying it to, as suggested; the spray has to dry into crystals in order to become the barrier. Then I have tried a toxic ant killer and my dog almost get poisoned with that toxic ant killer, so not using anymore!! Great tip Colen. Put the mixtures on tupperware lids and … Wait. This was about 4 months ago and they have never returned. if its working properly it should take 4 to 5 days . (6) Stir well. Then specialise! Just wiping the counters with the spray might be enough to deter ants in general. In Canada the products have 5.4% borax. It may be worth testing some of the stronger mixtures with a less concentrated Borax amount to see if they work a bit better. The formula was made by combining 1/2 cup of honey, 1/4 cup of Borax and 2 tbsp of boiling water – another strong mixture. (patience is not a virtue of mine as you can see.). Carol. Tried the cotton ball method but the balls turned hard as rocks! The commercial product is partially dehydrated. Your “trouble” using this instead of ANY commercial poison product (needing “production” and broadcasting a “poison”) is a small step to stop and reverse that trend. The peanut butter required less replacing of the bait since it did not form a film but it did get somewhat firm. I did find that it depended on the day (or the ants?) ← Home Made Miracle Grow – Make your Own Homemade Plant Fertilizer, Growing Tarragon – Planting, Using, Harvesting Tips – French Tarragon →, http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7411.html, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoCtrhK7WlE. I recently made a Borax Weed Killer for Creeping Charlie for my lawn that works great! Thanks for the tip. They will return to the nest and it will kill them. The less common chemical names of the substances make it clear that these are two entirely different chemical compounds; borax is sodium borate, while boric acid is hydrogen borate. I make 2/3 corn syrpe to 1/3rd borax and water to make a liquid . I discovered that spraying them with a lavender spray kills them instantly. Going by on of the comments on your blog about there being too my Borax, and past experience of using Borax and sugar on a lemon tree with not a lot of success, I think it has worked this time, those ants that were all around the lid, head first into the liquid, I thought at first they were dead, but seeing the next morning they were gone, could mean they have taken the poison back to the nest, haven’t seen an ant the next day, I’m so pleased, if I’m wrong and they appear again, I’ll keep you informed. There were a few back this year after a rainy day but they disappeared the next day and have not come back. I love this idea. They could have cared less about the cinnamon and the borax worked for a few but then they formed a barrier around it to ward off the other ants. Properties like ours are now four to five condos, with each selling for many times the price of ours. Now been chasing these sneaky buggers for days. I mixed about a teaspoon of borax with an egg and cooked it. For this reason, people with pets should avoid using products around the home that contain borax. ???. Per the researchers, Terro uses about 5.4% concentration. and. My daughter uses peppermint oil to repel them and that seems to work well too. Regards Rob, The main thing it that I feel going by my results is that the original nest was eventually destroyed, but after some time you can exspect for a new scouts from a different colony to venture into the same area seeking food, life goes on, lm confident in my mix that I’ve got it right for those tiny black ants anyway. The next morning when he got up, he called us to his room. Putting wet pet food bowls in a slightly larger container of water, as a moat for stopping marauders. Borax can be used in the elimination of grease ants. I’m going to make up the sugar water mix, the peanut butter mix and go from there… I’ve had success with the sugar water mix in previous years…, Hi Austin, let us know how you go with it. What I feel like I NEED is a new poison bait that will attract them. Marvin, Glad you liked the article Marvin and thanks for the companion plants tip. You can use Jello powder as it is protein based and will work in lieu of sugar. I need a bait to work for them. Gonna go out and annihilate me some more ants RIGHT NOW! My house smells more like vinegar. Heck, I’ve made it pretty clear I am not super thrilled about the neighbourhood being invaded! I’m trying terro mixed with chicken bouillon powder now. Not as many as the Terro bait, but still a respectable and it is a much less expensive option. My house is a disaster, but I make sure the grime our dirty dogs bring up those all important steps is removed…maybe not weekly, but definitely bi-weekly. It is a salt of boric acid. find a saucer or perhaps a terra cotta pot water reservoir. She ended up having to throw away flour, sugar, cornmeal, etc and sprayed ant spray all in pantry. Carol. Use roach killer since it is 99% pure boric acid and makes the math easy. they are everywhere now along the skirting of our mobile home. Since it kills them instantly, it doesn’t really help with getting rid of the ant colony. Boil water. I am using the Baking Soda right now and they love it. You put a lot of effort into your experiment! 8 teaspoons of boric acid powder (or borax). Keep trying different things. Place the card in the area where you see the ants. Obviously, the ants are not as attracted to it if there is too much borax. Thanks. They can easily climb up and down the outer slope to reach the treat in the depression, and out again. Seems to have gotten better and we heard nothing else. By the end of the year or so of their construction, the tiny back yard I had coaxed from a yellow clay and weed choked mess into a vibrant oasis of plants, bushes and a couple of trees was showing some serious ant infestations. I could make some home made, but why. I use it indoors and outdoors. First on my list was a mixture of confectioner’s sugar and Borax in dry form. After awhile, you will notice that Terro and other poisoned sweet bait do not always attract “scouting” ants. Already done that Carol. To contol. They love it. Two years ago when we moved into our home, the Terro baits worked great – obviously the ants were having sugar withdrawals. Within seconds, ants were moving over to the new food source. Are Ants Not Eating Bait? It is a good killer for ants that feed on protein though. Help me, please. 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