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Diatomaceous earth as ant barrier?

Started By ANTdrew , Jul 24 2020 5:17 AM

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#1 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 24 2020 - 5:17 AM

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I came across this stuff: https://www.joshsfro...er-3-25-oz.html
I’m wondering if a band of this around the rim of my Crematogaster outworld could stop them? Maybe it would be too risky? Thoughts?

"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#2 Offline akaant - Posted July 24 2020 - 6:06 AM

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That stuff will kill them....slowly

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#3 Offline AntsDakota - Posted July 24 2020 - 6:07 AM

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That stuff will kill them....slowly

I second this.

"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

#4 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 24 2020 - 6:32 AM

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Nix that idea!

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#5 Offline AntsDakota - Posted July 24 2020 - 6:34 AM

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It would stick in the ants' joints, and then cut up their exoskeletons as they try to walk; they would then bleed to death.

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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

#6 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 24 2020 - 6:50 AM

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The idea would be to put it up past the fluon on the rim where they’re not even supposed to be, but yeah, not going to try that.

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#7 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 24 2020 - 7:38 AM

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I suppose it could get rid of your mite problem, you just need to isolate the ants from the place with diatomaceous earth. Perhaps link a separate container with an entrance too small for the ants to enter.

#8 Offline AntsMaryland - Posted July 24 2020 - 7:42 AM

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This probably would work better as a second layer barrier for species like Solenopsis invicta who you really don't want running around if they escape.

Aphaenogaster cf. rudis

Tetramorium immigrans

Tapinoma sessile

Formica subsericea

Pheidole sp.

Camponotus nearcticus

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