[Groop] Ants!!!!!

[mark]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076214/plotsummary

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYKpXUrhQzg

 

 

I would highly recommend this (lol) 

 

difficult to find on DVD though :-(

 

 

 

 

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From: groop-bounces at groo.com [mailto:groop-bounces at groo.com] On Behalf Of
Grossmann, Gary (DOR)
Sent: 17 June 2008 16:48
To: Tone at moon-shine.net; groop at groo.com
Subject: Re: [Groop] Ants!!!!!

 

Hi Tone!

 

Thanks for the advice.  I had read about diatomaceous earth in my Internet
search for effective ant killing without complex chemical compounds.  I was
a little dubious about it working in the perpetually moist Pacific
Northwest, but that concern may be misplaced.  

 

btw, I did not use gasoline.  First, I dug up a lot of the hill (and ants)
and put it (them) is a 55 gallon drum I have and just carted it off about a
quarter mile.  After doing that 3 times, I had a large flat spot with a hole
in the middle and about a zillion ants going crazy.  Then I spread a couple
gallons of ammonia around, hoping that if I hadn't already killed the queen
that the ammonia would do it.  (It's very toxic but breaks down very
quickly.  Works great on underground yellow jacket nests.)  However, it only
temporarily slowed down the ants, which started rebuilding.  So that's when
I dug up even more ants, making the hole even deeper and wider, and then
sprinkled several pounds of sugared borax and some grits.  Supposedly when
they eat the grits, the grits swell up inside and the ants blow up.  Sort of
the opposite of diatomaceous earth.  When i did the second round of digging
I did not find anymore larve, so maybe the queen is nailed and the remaining
workers are just on autopilot.  One can hope. 

 

Actually, Larry had the best idea.  I need to find an ant with a tiny orange
tunic and a pair of teeny tiny katana and put him in the ant hill.  

 

Gary G. 

  

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From: groop-bounces at groo.com [mailto:groop-bounces at groo.com] On Behalf Of
Tone
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 8:37 PM
To: groop at groo.com
Subject: Re: [Groop] Ants!!!!!

Gary,

            Rather than blowing up a drum of gasoline or whatever it is you
are doing to get rid of insect pests, try something called "diatomaceous
earth." It is a white powder that is composed of fossilized skeletons of
marine and freshwater organisms that lived 20 million years ago. A protein
in it attracts roaches and some other insects while the power scratches up
their waxy outer coating. Within a day or two the bugs die of dehydration.
Also, if you leave the stuff in place and do not get it wet, it will
continue working and working.

            Any bug walking through the stuff gets scratched up like it is
glass or something to them. It is nontoxic and useful against ants, earwigs,
fleas, sow bugs, silverfish, millipedes, roaches, and weevils. There might
still be a company in Mexico, Missouri (where Mexico is the name of the town
not the country) by the name of Brookstone, which sells the stuff under the
product name "Insectigone". This might be an old number for Brookstone, but
maybe you can try your luck at it: 800-926-7000.

 

Sometime environmentally friendly non-toxic solutions to problems are the
best solutions. :-)

_TONE_

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