Ant Killer

If you live on Earth, you've had to deal with ants. Those industrious bastards are everywhere. They outnumber humans a million to one. But we hate them. And we've drawn a line in the sand. Then more lines. Then we dug holes within those lines, poured a concrete foundation, build a structure made of wood, metal, glass and plastic on top of that foundation, and now we don't want those damned ants stepping foot inside our home. We don't care if they were here first and that all they want it to eat all the crap we've carelessly spilled on our floor. They had the nerve to come inside uninvited and now we want to poison them to death. Which actually turns out to be really cheap and easy to do!

What You Need:

• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon Borax (typically found in the laundry section at the store)

All you need to do is mix the ingredients together and heat until the sugar and Borax have dissolved. You can do this in the microwave or on the stove over low heat. The end result should be a mostly-clear syrup. Using little squares of cardboard (cut up old cereal boxes, for example) or cotton balls, put 1-2 teaspoons of the syrup near the areas where ants have been entering your home, or in the areas you have seen them most often.

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The boric acid in Borax kills the ants, but since it is blended with the sugar the ants don't notice it right away. So they bring a bunch of poison back to their nest, and within a couple of days the ants will all be dead. The few ants that eat it right at the source will die immediately, but most just haul it back to their queen. It's essentially the same stuff that gets sold in stores by brands like Terro.

Special Note: While it generally takes a substantial ingestion of Borax to be truly harmful to humans and domestic animals, it's still best that you place your traps where small children and pets won't have contact with them.