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Subject: Re: Distracting ants from old food sources
Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 20:48:07 -0000 (UTC)
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Leon Fisk <lfiskgr@gmail.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>Thoughts and stories would be most welcome....
> 
> A hummingbird feeder trick for ants is a moat. If your trunk is round
> enough it might be doable. Search on ant moat hummingbird if interested
> in seeing these.

The problem is bark roughness. I'd have to caulk the bark to the moat.
Not impossible, but I'm hoping for something simpler.

> 
> There's a product called Tanglefoot, sticky stuff that can trap
> insects climbing the trunk:
> 
> https://www.evergreenseeds.com/what-is-tanglefoot/

Again, sealing to the bark is the gotcha....

I might start by applying detergent foam around the trunk. I've got
that handy. Spraying the trunk with hydrogen peroxide is another idea,
but I'd have to go out and buy that. 

Come to think of it, just spraying the trail with water is even
easier...I don't expect it to work, but neither will it harm....

Thanks for writing,

bob prohaska