2007-04-02 11:05:28 · 12 answers · asked by ACE 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
It is not true that ants will never cross a chalk line, but a chalk line does deter ants from visiting a food source or other destination. The pigments in the chalk interfere with the pheromones that the ants use to mark their trail, resulting in ants being unable to travel normally across a chalk line. Some ants will still cross it, but not in the numbers that would travel in that direction if no line were there.
2007-04-02 11:08:52 · answer #1 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ANT BAIT
You'll find it effective, but be patient -- it may take a week to 10 days to be fully effective.
In the meantime kill ants in the house with Windex or another ammonia-based cleaner. Clean and kill, all in one motion.
Recipe:
1 part 20 Mule Team Borax or Boric acid
9 parts of a sweet sticky liquid like maple syrup, honey or Karo syrup
Mix the ingredients. Heating in a double boiler may speed the process. Take an empty margarine tub and poke 4 holes around the bottom edge (entry holes for ants to walk in).
Place a dollop the size of a quarter in the middle of the tub, then put the top back on. This mixture is not non-toxic, however it is less toxic, and that's the key to its success.
The ants carry it back to the nest where they feed it to the entire colony and wipe out the nest.
2007-04-02 22:09:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sort of. Ants follow scent trails laid down by other ants. The chalk with cover the scent, so they would have no reason to cross it.
2007-04-02 18:08:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they'll cross a chalk line to get to something to eat, especially if the chalk line is around a dead body.
2007-04-02 18:07:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe as long as the chalk is very dusty so the ants get smelling problems.
2007-04-02 18:33:06 · answer #5 · answered by Ands 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ants? You mean chickens. If you put a chickens' face up to a white line and then carefully set them down, they will stare at the line as if in a trance and not move. It's funny to see but doesn't always work.
2007-04-02 18:49:09 · answer #6 · answered by saguaronest 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It's not. They will eventually realize that the chalk is nothing harmful and cross it.
2007-04-02 18:07:46 · answer #7 · answered by Dexter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard of that... People discover new ways to torture ants every day... poor things. one day they're rule the world - we're so freakin worried about th ehuman population, but there are three times as many ants in the world!
2007-04-03 11:43:59 · answer #8 · answered by moonwolf317 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it is not true ants will cross anything to get to dead meat , food, or anything else they can eat.
2007-04-02 18:20:02 · answer #9 · answered by shaquan_mcdowell123 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the chalk scent messes up the foods scent so it is kind of true i guess
2007-04-02 18:13:16 · answer #10 · answered by .:KUDDLEZ:. ONE& ONLY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋