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goombastic on Sept 27, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Toxic Nectar Kills 90% of Mosquito Populations

I thought about this as well. I am going to leave boric acid laced juice socks out at night. BTW this has worked as a solution for cockroaches terrifically well at my place for the last 20 years.

sk5t on Sept 28, 2011 [–]

What is a 'juice sock'? Is it like a windsock? A size-12 tube sock soaked in Borax?

nunb on Sept 28, 2011 | [–]

It's an open container filled with toxic nectar suspended inside a tube sock which is in turn suspended from a hook.

A wick is added so that the contents of the container are pulled up by capillary action and suffuse the sock.

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