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2. Attractive toxic sugar baits - Wikipedia

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   Boric acid is only marginally more toxic to most lifeforms than normal table salt, with exposure in humans and other mammals widely regarded as being safe. Its use as an insecticide in malarial control (instead of compounds which demonstrate high levels of mammalian toxicity or carcinogenicity ) is thus seen as advantageous.

3. Boric acid - Wikipedia

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   Boric acid is a weak acid, with pK a (the pH at which buffering is strongest because the free acid and borate ion are in equal concentrations) of 9.24 in pure water at 25 °C. But apparent p K a is substantially lower in swimming pool or ocean waters because of interactions with various other molecules in solution.

4. Roach bait - Wikipedia

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   Boric acid is not a bait in the dry form, but rather broadcast as a dust, that is both a toxin and a desiccant. Boric acid is often formulated into a paste. Roach attractants are mixed with the boric acid. It is similar in consistency to toothpaste. Boric acid roach baits consist of a proprietary blend of attractants.

5. Getting the Bugs Out: 22 Cheap, Natural Ways to Rid ... - AOL

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   Fleas, spiders, termites, flies, centipedes, ants, bedbugs, cockroaches — these icky intruders won't give up. But keeping them away doesn't require expensive chemical pesticides.

6. Argentine ant - Wikipedia

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   Borate-sucrose water baits are toxic to Argentine ants, when the bait is 25% water, with 0.5–1.0% boric acid or borate salts. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] In spring, during a colony's growth phase, protein based baits may be more effective due to much higher demand from the egg-laying queens.

7. Cockroach - Wikipedia

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   Poisoned bait containing hydramethylnon or fipronil, and boric acid powder is effective on adults. [84] Baits with egg killers are also quite effective at reducing the cockroach population. Alternatively, insecticides containing deltamethrin or pyrethrin are very effective. [84]