| Torro is a boric acid solution. You can make your own. 3cups water, 1cup sugar, & 4teaspoons Boric Acid powder. Bring mixture to boil and stirr until solids are dissolved. you can put the solution in caps of milk jugs etc, then place where the infestation is. As with any other killer it can affect children and pets so be carefull. The ants eat the sugary solution and carry it back to the nest. The boric acid forms crystals in their stomachs and the ants die from exploding stomachs. The other ants eat the dead ants & also ingest the boric acid and they die to.
Sorta nasty uh. Ah well, we can never kill all the little buggers.
In places that you cant get at, nor your children or pets, you can sprinkle the boric acid directly there. When the ants walk through it they get it on their bodies. The ants in the nest clean the acid covered ants, ingest the stuff and die as mentioned above. |