HollyH8 said:Ok good to know! I really doubt he'll be able to pick it up but just in case. Thanks!
bholmes88 said:Haha I guess that must be a southern thing. I remember as a kid my mom would have me put cornmeal or oat meal on ant piles to kill them.
wellington said:Okay, here is the scoop I found on the net. Cornmeal can not be digested by ants. They take it back to their homes, eat it and eventually die, because they can't digest it. Pretty cool, safe way to rid ants.
EricIvins said:Cornmeal, Oats, Grits, Splenda ( which is very close to DDT in molecule structure ) work - HOWEVER - results may vary........I know people that were able to rid acres of Fire Ants by doing this, and others failed miserably........You have to kill the main colony, otherwise they will come back.......
mctlong said:Definitely don't want to use cornmeal as a staple food, but a little cornmeal isn't going to hurt them, assuming there are no pesticides added to it.
Does it really kill ants? Thats fascinating!