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Lemon Water?

Started By Yuki , Jul 9 2017 8:50 PM

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#1 Offline Yuki - Posted July 9 2017 - 8:50 PM

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Here the person uses lemon seeds in water to produce the pheromone that causes ants to move, supposedly.
Does this actually work or did the queen just get flooded out?

#2 Offline Serafine - Posted July 10 2017 - 12:51 AM

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It's a myth, it doesn't work with all ants. It mostly works only with tropical ants that are used to flooding and it's a reaction to the flooding not to the lemon.

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#3 Offline Yuki - Posted July 10 2017 - 1:42 PM

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That's a shame. Thanks for the info!

#4 Offline Ants_Texas - Posted July 11 2017 - 10:23 PM

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I've actually tried it with that same exact species, Parathechina longicornis. Didn't work, many many times. Proud to say they didn't bite me a single time, they're such a mild species.