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Re: Miraculous insecticidal chalk

At 5:21 AM +1000 10/9/98, Nan Sterman wrote:
>Anyone know anything about " Miraculous Insecticidal Chalk" from China?
>Someone gave me a stick to use on my ants and the darn stuff worked great!
>The insert says that it is not toxic to humans or animals, but it doesn't
>say what it contains.  Looks just like a stick of chalk.  You simply draw a
>few lines perpendicular to an ant trail and the ants go away!  No kidding!
>I really want to know what the active ingredient is.  Can anyone help?
>
>Nan
Most essential oils especially mint oils work the same way.
I wonder if chalk dipped in Peppermint would work?
I like the ants. They are much better than the weather boffins at
predicting rain.


Michael Bailes.
Herbarist
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