anti ant

[Morum]

Ant Chalk I don't know if it affects the tarantula, I usually draw a few lines around the tarantula tank to fight the ants.

 

[viper69]

Ok

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Ant Chalk I don't know if it affects the tarantula, I usually draw a few lines around the tarantula tank to fight the ants.

dono man .. is it just like raid ?

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

This is a recent post for this problem. I got no clue on how safe the chock is for you to use but if it kills the ants I dono . Various other ways besides poison stops ants. Read this

Help! ANTS!!!!

I’m sorry I’m advanced, this is a long post… bare with me: So, I live in the bay area of California. When the weather changes and it gets moist out, we get a lot of ants that try to find dry territory within the sanctions of our house. I don’t blame them. But I am getting very frustrated...

arachnoboards.com

@HooahArmy might know a lot more about this stuff I’ve never heard of it.

 

[HooahArmy]

I have heard your summon!

Insecticides in the '-methrin' family are synthetic chemicals that mimic the natural compounds in the chrysanthemum family, which--you guessed it--kill pests. These compounds are toxic to all insects and shouldn't be used around invert pals due to the fact that they are made to act specifically upon them.
Insect 'chalk' however is a curious beast of its own. The 'chalk' itself is an actual chalk and combines both the insecticidal effects of the '-methrin' family chemicals and often diatomaceous earth, which serves as the chalky base (Source: In my mum's native Taiwan and China, this insecticide chalk stuff is everywhere). Unlike a chemical pesticide, diatomaceous earth, which I'm going to call DE for short, works physically against insects. Under a microscope, DE is made of the microscopic crushed exoskeletons of diatoms, which are algae-like fellows with a silica body. When broken into these microscopic pieces, the diatom fragments are very sharp and cut up an insect's innards on a microscopic level when inhaled, ingested, etc. This is how it works as a natural insecticide, but contact needs to happen before the effects occur.
The downside of insecticidal chalk is that it sometimes is sold in bright colored pellets that children find irresistible. Pets also like the smell of the DE, so accidental ingestion by critters and humans can occur. Additionally, DE has debated effects on the environment. In runoff, it can damage native insect species and be harmful for other small inverts like tadpoles and fish. Because of the insect-targeting method of action for this chalk, I wouldn't recommend it for use around a T.

 

[Morum]

I have heard your summon!

Insecticides in the '-methrin' family are synthetic chemicals that mimic the natural compounds in the chrysanthemum family, which--you guessed it--kill pests. These compounds are toxic to all insects and shouldn't be used around invert pals due to the fact that they are made to act specifically upon them.
Insect 'chalk' however is a curious beast of its own. The 'chalk' itself is an actual chalk and combines both the insecticidal effects of the '-methrin' family chemicals and often diatomaceous earth, which serves as the chalky base (Source: In my mum's native Taiwan and China, this insecticide chalk stuff is everywhere). Unlike a chemical pesticide, diatomaceous earth, which I'm going to call DE for short, works physically against insects. Under a microscope, DE is made of the microscopic crushed exoskeletons of diatoms, which are algae-like fellows with a silica body. When broken into these microscopic pieces, the diatom fragments are very sharp and cut up an insect's innards on a microscopic level when inhaled, ingested, etc. This is how it works as a natural insecticide, but contact needs to happen before the effects occur.
The downside of insecticidal chalk is that it sometimes is sold in bright colored pellets that children find irresistible. Pets also like the smell of the DE, so accidental ingestion by critters and humans can occur. Additionally, DE has debated effects on the environment. In runoff, it can damage native insect species and be harmful for other small inverts like tadpoles and fish. Because of the insect-targeting method of action for this chalk, I wouldn't recommend it for use around a T.

Thank you very much