Re: [CH] Hab-loving ants

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Frank Munley wrote:
 > Every year, my habs are afflicted by tiny ants which eat holes in the 
 > peppers and just have a ball running around inside.  I guess they have a 
 > discriminating sense of taste, because they wait until the peppers are 
 > ripe--the middle of August here in Virginia.  Is there a chemically 
 > benign way to ward them off?  I worry about strong chemicals diffusing 
 > through the pepper skin, in which case even washing won't help.
 
Walk around the yard, particularly near oak trees and look for the nests. Kill 
them with Diazonon. That's what we do in Blacksburg, Va.

Hank Ingram
Blacksburg, Va
http://hillbilly.programmer.webjump.com

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