Mini Ant Bait Box

[ranald]

LOVE it. I don't have the gear to make it. about 4 years ago the very small black ants with white feet (need magnification to see feet unless superman) were found here in Queensland Aus and have spread all over. They are apparently from Africa & related to the FIRE ANT. For ant problems, I usually spread artifical sweetener (like sacarin & sugarine etc) that I have heard are carcinagenic to us on nests or where they are active. It really works on bigger ants: the queen is steralized and they die out. But these tiny ones just change their path & make a new path around the sweetener as if they instinctively know it is dangerous to them. They travel in lines & use any hard surface ( like a garden hose or a palm frond etc) to ease their pathway.
Thanks for sharing.