Pest Control - Boric Acid or Fipronil

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Boric Acid or Fipronil - European Wasps?

shazlikd@yahoo.com.au

2007-02-05, 8:25 pm

On Feb 6, 10:54 am, Lar <lar...@tx.rrBUGS.com> wrote:
> shazl...@yahoo.com.au wrote:
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> Not Uli, but Boric acid is a stomach toxin and is an ingredient of
> many ant/roach baits, so theoretically it may work with the wasp bait if
> they do eat it. Where as DE and silica gel are desiccants, they
> basically cut into the waxy outer layer of an insect as they crawl
> through it and they "dehydrate", they are not taken internally. I threw
> out silica gel may work for more than once while attending seminars a
> speaker has mentioned using silica gel in a bait matrix with success,
> though the mixtures seem to be the opposite of what boric acid is.. very
> little with BA heavier mixture of silica gel and I am not sure if the
> thought is to kill them internally or if because an insect is digging
> into the bait it will be scratching it's outer surface. Though my
> personal opinion is, for wasps what you are trying to accomplish may not
> work.
>
> Lar

Lar

I read your message above. Thankyou.
Boric Acid may possibly work against European Wasps......in theory.
Perhaps.
Having said that, there are a few points I would like to mention:
We have a commercially available product where I live called ANT-RID
liquid (with Boric Acid derivative), or ANT-RID baits (with
Firpronil). The Anti-Rid BAITS are in a cartridge type set-up, similar
to cockroach baits.

http://www.antrid.com.au/

If you were going to use one / both of these products, any advice at
all?
Would you mix them with meat, as European Wasps are strongly attracted
to meat?
What would happen if you mixed household Borax powder with honey and /
or meat?
Any general suggestions?

Lar

2007-02-05, 8:25 pm

shazlikd@yahoo.com.au wrote:

> On Feb 6, 10:54 am, Lar <lar...@tx.rrBUGS.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
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> Lar
>
> I read your message above. Thankyou.
> Boric Acid may possibly work against European Wasps......in theory.
> Perhaps.
> Having said that, there are a few points I would like to mention:
> We have a commercially available product where I live called ANT-RID
> liquid (with Boric Acid derivative), or ANT-RID baits (with
> Firpronil). The Anti-Rid BAITS are in a cartridge type set-up, similar
> to cockroach baits.
>
> http://www.antrid.com.au/
>
> If you were going to use one / both of these products, any advice at
> all?
> Would you mix them with meat, as European Wasps are strongly attracted
> to meat?
> What would happen if you mixed household Borax powder with honey and /
> or meat?
> Any general suggestions?
>
Sorry I really don't have an opinion on if you would be able to create a
wasp bait by using the ant baits. The manufacturer has their recipe
pretty fined tuned towards the target pest (ants) and changing it up
just a bit may make them less desirable to the target pest, much less
any other insect. Wasps in general will be attracted to liquid sweets in
the Spring and Fall. In the Summer months (I forget how it works down
there, is your Summer months Dec , Jan, Feb, or do yall just consider
your Winter hot and Summers cold)..any who, in the hot months they chew
on meat which in turn they feed to their larvae that turns the meat into
a sweet liquid and they now feed the adults. So the time of year when
the nest is not producing larvae they will be feeding on nectar...soda
water..beer etc. This is the best times to try to reduce the numbers
with a trap though I have heard of people using tuna fish in the traps
during the hot months and still catch wasps.

Lar

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