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Title: Trying to control ants with aspartame....again
Post by: John85 on July 16, 2014, 05:49:47 PM

Last year I tried with a"light" drink and the ants didn't touch it.
This year I used pure aspartam on sugar sirop and they ignored it also.
As a control I offered them sugar sirop without aspartam:same result.
It seems that not all ants have a sweet......mandible.
Tried with some meat and they ate it but they didn't eat the meat with aspartam on it.
I wonder if some gardeners had the same problem and how they solved it.

Title: Re: Trying to control ants with aspartame....again
Post by: arillady on July 18, 2014, 11:23:23 AM

Hey John they sound like very fussy ants. ;)

Title: Re: Trying to control ants with aspartame....again
Post by: Hans J on July 18, 2014, 12:15:36 PM

Hi John ,

I have heard before some days a good advice :
Fill some Coca Cola in a saucer ...add one drop of washing-up liquid...thats all !
The ants will drown...but only if you add the washing-up liquid !

Good luck
Hans

Title: Re: Trying to control ants with aspartame....again
Post by: vanozzi on July 19, 2014, 12:34:33 PM

The only effective control that I use is Lorsban.It kills large underground ant nests.It also kills earwigs.