Subject: Re: Boric acid and ants
From: jlherl@staff.uiuc.edu (herl jennifer l)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: 17 Sep 1997 18:21:27 GMT
Message-ID: <MOD$970917.24828@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
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Does anyone know if boric acid is effective against crickets? We've had an
invasion of them, and a couple seem to have found their way into the wall
behind the stove. There is an opening where we could spray, or squirt some
powder in.

If boric acid is no good, how about diatomacious earth?

--
Jenny Herl | "The world has enough for everyone's need,
jlherl@uiuc.edu | but not enough for everyone's greed."
University of Illinois |
Urbana-Champaign | --attributed to Mahatma Ghandi (1869-1948)