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Old 09-18-2014, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by elchivito View Post
There is no built up resistance to borates and it kills almost any bug. Good idea. We have at least half a dozen varieties of small ants in addition to the big red suckers. The red ones are the only ones I use commercial (Amdro) bait on. The rest I have to figure out through experimentation if they are sweet feeders or grease feeders.
Could be that's what's going on, that is I've driven out the sugar eaters and grease eaters have moved in.

Good advice, I'll look for some boric acid.
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