Show I I Controlling Ants Ant l I II Department of Entomology Utah Ag College There ore are many species of ot Ants These species differ slightly sll among themselves In size structure and habit hab- hab its it Those which are ore injurious are nearly enough that they may nil all bo be controlled In about the same canto way Ants live 11 together in colonies and maintain a n. high de degree ree of ton Lion All the necessities of ot the time colon les ics are provided pro for by a n special or organization organ organ- n- n which seems to indicate great grent Intelligence or highly developed In The number of ot ants in a olony colony may vary vory from a 3 very few tew to many thousands These creatures mako make their homes homos by tunneling in the ground In rotten or solid wood beneath logs boards stones etc They usually select sites for tor their homes in dry and ed etl places and heap up earth small sticks stones and other material over oyer the entrance to their g galleries g These heaps or mounds offer a n nn and contain many of the major tunnels tun tunnels nels nets o of the colonies Ants feed on the pollen and nectar of or flowers on tender bits of ot cert certain ln plants on seeds of ot various arlous kinds on Insects sI spiders slIders l rs insect eggs and honey hon ey oy dew They Ther are fond of ot many foods Intended for human consumption an and l to secure these foods often otten become 37 trou troublesome leson i in ithe the the household 10 i Tn They y are particularly fond of sweets Fo Fix tills this reason they harbor and care for Cor plant lice for the purpose of getting getting get gel ting the honey dew ew which these Insects insects in In- sects secret anti and are responsible for fm m myriads of destructive e pests Ants are rather difficult to control No one measure Is successful under all For this reason several methods are recommended In Inthe Inthe inthe the belief that that- one at nt least may be found efte effective ti e Woodworth Method Sal SRI Soda 5 1 ounce White Arsenic l 5 1 ounce Sugar 4 pounds Water to make 2 2 quarts quart The above ingredients are all u dissolved dissolved dis dig solved In the water which is first heated to boiling This makes a 3 very sweet poisonous syrup Sponges saturated satu r rated te with this syrup should be put luto into Jars covered with perforated lids trough through which the ants can crawl The jars are set in convenient con places for forthe forthe forthe the ants The mixture is a slow palson pal poison poi pol son and anti the ants will carry It to their nests and later die lie from the time of what the they have o eaten The young youns ants in the nest are therefore fed from time the poison polson mixture and ind also suc sue comb cumb The foraging ants which fins find the poison may lUny get wise to the ml mL lure and cease to fend feed upon it If 10 Jo 0 It may be moved to another place or changed to a different receptacle and the ant ants will lU attack it again Quick Polson Sal Soda 5 1 ounce White Arsenic t ounce Sugar 4 1 pounds Water ater to make malre e r 2 qt quart quartA art artA A sponge sponge saturated with the syrup sJ-rull made from lom these in ingredients is placed place ln tn n a a. r jr-r with a perforated perforate top as as described des n above o e This poison palson kills the tam ants almost immediately It will b be lie necessary arY to wash out the time sponge occasionally oc oc- cas' cas and it with the poison syrup I |