Posts Tagged ‘blackants’

Army ants attack a daddy-long-legs (harvestman) and try to eat it alive. The harvestman doesn’t move and escapes after the ants leave.

Solignum is a very well known protector of wood.. They have this tag line “Solignum: Wood Protection in a Can”.

Today I applied a liter of Solignum in the third floor room here in our apartment. Termites decided to make a permanent residency up there and they are eating up most of the wood there so i decided to buy myself Solignum and paint them termites all away.

Solignum is popular here in the Philippines as termite busters but I guess this chemical can also be used to kill unwanted insects in wood. That said, if blackants and silverfish lived there or somewhere near them woods, they will be dead too…

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This aint my original article… I am kind of borrowing the text.. English is not my first language you see.. Will give the black ants credit at the end..

No Black Ants in a Clean House

A little black ant will eat anything and everything. So do your dishes. The little bits of food that get left behind on dirty dishes, pots, pans, and silverware make a damn fine meal for a black ant. Wipe stoves, countertops, and tables diligently after every meal or snack. Crumbs on the floor are tasty too. Develop an obsessive compulsive habit of sweeping, mopping, and vacuuming. Also remember to take your trash out regularly and to rinse out bottles and cans before ants can find them.

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