Raid Ant Bait

Wicked Bugs, Movie Business

I don't actually like insects. I know that this will surprise you, because most people feel a deep affinity with the natural world, and my aversion to having beasts with more than four limbs come into physical contact with my body makes me eccentric, I'm sure.

Then again, Raid, Black Flag, Off! and flyswatters seem to be available in every store, so perhaps my attitude toward tiny beasts is not all that unusual.

I remember when the Raid No-Pest Strip first appeared. Boy do those suckers work. We used them for years before warning labels started telling us not to put them where food is prepared.

Since flies tend to head straight for the kitchen, I wondered what the No-Pest Strip was for, if it couldn't be used in the kitchen. I also wondered just how much poison we had taken into our bodies.

But we did have those wonderful fly-free years.

When I (stupidly) left bird seed in a bag on a shelf in the garage a few years ago, and we got a huge infestation of mealworms and moths, I tried moth lures and they worked – in the sense that the sticky surfaces were coated with moth bodies.

But they didn't work in the sense of eliminating the moth problem. That took a No-Pest Strip right where the birdseed had once been. (Now we keep all birdseed in plastic bins where rodents can't gnaw them open, letting in moths to lay their nasty little non-caviar eggs.)

Then there were the whiteflies. I didn't know what they were. I just knew they were tiny flies, white in color, swarming all around various plants on my patio, and their larvae covered the leaves and blossoms and fruit.

After a few years, I discovered that the name of these white flies was "whiteflies." Just like the time when I was living in Brazil and needed to buy paper clips. I couldn't find the Portuguese word for paper clips in any dictionary. I finally drew a picture of a paper clip for a clerk in an office supply store.

"Oh," he said. "Cleep."

Why hadn't I thought of just pronouncing "clip" with a Portuguese accent? No, I had to try to invent words, like "apertador de papeis," which got me a stapler.

So if there are little flies infesting my garden, and they are white, why didn't I think of calling them "whiteflies"? I'm still new at this language thing, I guess.

I sprayed every kind of organic insecticide and repellent. The whiteflies seemed to regard them as "lunch.

Raid Ant Baits to the Rescue ! « writingsfrom50pluslady

Friday morning when I was ready to prepare my breakfast,I had the shock of my life.Ants had taken over my kitchen counter.I was horrified and I felt sick to my stomach.I managed to eat a quick prepared breakfast and drank some coffee.After breakfast I drove as fast as possible to the Home Depot store.Luckily the cops did not catch me.At the store I was advised to purchase an 8 count value pack of Raid Ant Baits.The sales clerk told me the ant baits will solve my problem.I only had to pay $ 4.47 for the value pack.

At home I placed the baits strategically on the kitchen counter,in corners,under the sink,in cabinets and near the plumbing fixture.On the box it stated the baits will not contaminate feed or food products or food preparation surfaces,dishes,kitchen utensils and food containers.Ants will begin eating the bait immediately and will see fewer ants within days.

BOY ! Those ant baits work.I have not seen one ant since yesterday.What a relief.

Pest Control Canada, PCC - Reference Manual

... 20.0: n-octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide; 4.0 Formulation: Solution Market : Domestic GARDEN CENTRE LINE RAID GRANULAR ANT BAIT PCP Reg. No. ...

Ebony

New Raid* Roach Bait and Raid Ant Bait kill continuously. . . for months. Just put Raid's child-resistant baits wherever you see bugs. No odor. ...

Agrichemical directory and hazard response handbook

... counatetralyl R Dinitrol dinoseb Racunin Bait counatetralyl R Dithion ... + propanil Raid Ant Bait sodiun borate R Vapan netan Raid Ant Baits boric acid ...

About the House with Henri de Marne, How to Maintain, Repair, Upgrade, and Enjoy Your Home

Readers have also reported good results with Raid Ant Baits. You should be able to buy either one in hardware stores. Small red ants V • Any suggestions for ...

A Quarter for a Kiss

I blinked,surpressing a laugh at the irony: In the Streeps'cart was a pack of Raid ant baits. For bugs! Quickly, I turned and went back toward the correct ...