Re: Ants -

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I just got an email yesterday that said aspartame will kill ants. I haven't

tried it yet, but this would be one good use for aspartame if it works!

Kat

http://www.katking.com

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From: <ORIE@...>

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Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 10:00 AM

Subject: Re: Ants - was whipped cream recipe?

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> << ---->Margaret, thanks for sharing your experience on this. do you use

the

> *edible* diatamaecous earth or the kind made for gardens? i've heard of

cats

> getting lung damage from the garden kind, i believe, as the tiny sharp

> particles were inhaled. >>

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> Suze,

>

> It's the garden stuff but I would imagine inhaling edible or garden would

> still be damaging. Maybe it's back to spraying vinegar every where. I'll

> have to buy some junk vinegar from the grocery store instead of the

vinegar I

> had been using which was some kefir d'aqua which had gone over the line --

> looked like apple cider vinegar and tasted like it too. I eventually got

> tired of seeing dried droplets of brown and switched to the diatomaceous

> earth. That I keep in a bowl on the counter with a small wire strainer.

I

> wait until a troop comes out for something good (their favorite is the raw

> meat cat food) and then I sprinkle a little over them and let them take

off

> for home, hopefully taking some of the diatomaceous earth with them so

it's

> not like I have it flying around much. I have a squeeze bottle that I use

> for the seams between the appliances and cupboards. Doing around the

> dishwasher really seemed to cut down on the traffic. If you come up with

any

> workable strategies I'd certainly be interested in hearing about them. I

> rather think I'm stuck with them forever. I live in a townhouse without a

> basement and I think it must have been built on several different ant

> colonies.

>

> Margaret

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