Digital BW, The Print

My thanks to one and all for the info and suggestions-frankly, I 
never expected to get this much of a response. I now have a couple 
of promising solutions, I'll try them and get back if I'm not 
successful.

Steve K

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Barry Kelsall" 
<bktimes@y...> wrote:
> This recipe for ant poison which uses boric acid, sugar and water 
can be
> harmful to children and pets, so use caution in its use!
> 
> Boric acid powder can be found at most pharmacies. Mix one 
teaspoon boric
> acid with 3/4 cup water and 1/4 cup of sugar. Boil the mixture and 
stir it
> until all of the granules are dissolved.
> 
> Use shallow containers or lids (like the lids from plastic milk 
gallons) and
> place the liquid near the marching ant columns. The ants consume 
the liquid,
> and later during digestion it crystallizes and ruptures the ant 
stomachs.
> The poison continues to work on the other ants who eat the newly 
dead ones.
> Eventually it will destroy the entire colony.  I can't say for 
sure if your
> species of ant will prefer this concoction over the taste of the 
ink, but
> it's worth a shot. This home-made stuff is certainly a lot less 
toxic than
> the over-the-counter ant poisons.  -BK
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "donbga" <dsbryant@m...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 6:23 AM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Marching ants (this is not a Photoshop 
question!)
> 
> 
> > > It seems the species of ant known in the South as
> > > a sugar ant (tiny, black, attracted to sweets) likes ink!
> >
> > FWIW, these are Pharaoh ants.
> >
> > Don Bryant
> >
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