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Internet suggests that it actually has to be ingested by the insects, not just have contact with their exoskeleton. So for example it doesn't work on bedbugs si
by asvitkine 3y ago
Internet suggests that it actually has to be ingested by the insects, not just have contact with their exoskeleton. So for example it doesn't work on bedbugs since they won't eat it.
- ww520 3y agoCould it be the bed bugs don’t communicate much and don’t have a central colony so the boric infection cannot be spread among them?
- joquarky 3y agoDiatomaceous earth is damaging to insect exoskeletons. Don't breathe it in though.
- esperent 3y agoI've found making my own mixtures of boric acid for ants didn't work well. I read there's two basic ant types - sugar lovers and protein lovers. So I tried a mix with peanut butter. And I tried a mix with honey. And I tried a mix with both. The ants would happily eat either peanut butter or honey by itself. But they avoided the mixtures. I did spend a couple of days trying different strengths until I ran out of boric acid. Then I gave up and bought a tiny dropper bottle of ant poison. Put a single drop on each ant trail I could see (around 5 drops total). Two days later, I didn't have an ant issue anymore.