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Does this work for tics?

Don't know Harriette, I've never had tics

I not only have had tics, I've also had jerks!

Nice, Harriette!!

All the ant bait recipes say you can use boric acid or borax acid.

http://www.ecologycenter.org/factsheets/ant_control.html


Set out ant bait stations near the ants' entry points and/or foraging trails, so that the ants find them quickly, ingest the bait, and carry it back to their nest, where they feed it to - and kill - the rest of the colony. Bait stations such as Drax, with liquid bait (borax or boric acid in sugar water), attract ants all year round, and the containers have been improved to make them more child- and pet-safe.
Bait stations with solid bait are convenient, because they can be placed under the edge of carpets or attached with double-sided tape to walls, but they're only attractive to ants in the late winter and early spring, when the foragers are looking for solid food to feed the hatching larvae-adult ants cannot digest solid food.

We recommend that the active ingredient in the bait be boric acid or borax, because these ingredients are the least toxic to mammals and because they work slowly, allowing the forager ants to spread it to the queens and through the colony, before the foragers themselves die.

If you can't find borax or boric acid bait in a local hardware or variety store, you can make it at home.

I would recommend caution and some additional google research on the use borates as a means of pest control in houses with pets and children before applying borate powders willy nilly about the house. If you can find Terro in any of its many forms it is an excellent product for sweet ants, not so much for grease ants. Borate powder is excellent for flea control on rugs and furniture but requires diligent attention to vacuuming up the excess so as to not cause harm.

Anything that will kick an ants ass will kick something elses ass as well.

We found Terro to be the best solution ever for the wee wee's and we used to order it online when we could not find it in Belize

I have mixed the Boric Acid in sugar syrup and placed in small / shallow cups. The ants are attracted to the sugar and crawl in to get to it. Seems to work pretty well - the ants get bad when it rains around here....

Terro and SnoopysMom are right on with ants. For cockroaches, mix boric acid and powdered creamer. We put it in the lids for 5 gallon water bottles and slide it under the stove, fridge, etc.

You will start seeing the dead guys in 24 hours, and they take it back to their homes so everyone gets killed.

Forget the Chemi's, from an unbelievable experience Which works...........I did this.............amazing positive result!!!

http://www.ehow.com/how_4550180_killing-ants-soap-water.html

Terro does the job with ants. Baytocal in a pump spray from prossors will kill ticks.