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to make the mix about the consistency for good mud pies and add green food coloring to avoid unintentionalmisuse as animal feed. Roll the mix into balls about 1 inch in diameter. Place balls of bait in locations used byroaches for raceways and harborage. The bait needs to be made up fresh every 3 months. Keep all borax,boric acid, or sodium borate baits out of reach of children and/or pets.Adding sugar or other sweet material to fertilizer tends to make the plant “too sweet” for insect pests to eat, sothey move on to the neighbor’s field.Sugar Apple - When the seeds and roots are extracted with ether, they are converted to a resinous substanceto make a contact poison for aphids. It is toxic and repellent to diamondback moth larvae. Hot-pressed andheat-extracted oils of seeds are highly toxic contact poisons to several pests.Sugar Substitutes - lilke Splenda ® and Equal ® kill insects when they are consumed by insects. Splenda ® attractsred-eyed fruit flies and is compounded with chlorine as a base. (Chlorinated water will also kill insects.) See theweb site located at http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20031112.htm to see how dangerous Splenda ® is to you.Sulfur - can be used as a fungicide, acaricide and repellent; it will control mites, thrips, chiggers and severaldiseases in ornamental and fruit crops. Sulfur and naphthalene will repel several species of snakes. (Thetwo-spotted mite is resistent to sulfur.) Sulfur, especially with a little lime, will control fungus. One of the firstPestisafes ® ; the Romans used it to fumigate/control roaches. Homer first mentions its use for pest control inabout 1000 B.C.E. About 2500 B.C.E. Sumerians first used sulfur to control pests. Sulfur acts by competingwith oxygen in the blood stream.Sulfuric acid (10% v/v) - has been used as a selective herbicide since the early 1900s when it was discoveredthat dicotledonous weeds would absorb the acid, whereas cereal grains (grass) etc., having a smooth, waxymonocotyledon surface would not. Be very careful not to touch any acid.Sun - Placing infested objects in black garbage bags and then setting them outside in the sun on a hot day willkill virtually any enclosed pest infestation.Sunburn “Cure” - Fill a pitcher or pail with equal parts of milk and ice. Soak enough washcloths or towels inthis to cover your sunburned skin and place them on affected areas for about 15 minutes. Repeat several timesover the next 24 hours. Cold milk protein soothes skin and helps draw out the heat.Sunny Location - Choose a sunny location away from large trees. Eight to ten hours of direct sunlight per dayare necessary for proper growth, flowering and fruiting of most vegetable and fruit crops. Sunlight also helps todry foliage and reduce many fungal and bacterial diseases.Super Slurper - has starch-based polymers that “drink” water up and turn it into a gel. It can dry wet books ina few minutes; stop mold growth that can begin in 48 hours. It can also be used as an alternative to vacuumfreeze-drying. Put some in powdered sugar as a bait and watch what happens. In dry areas it can be used asa tracking powder. Blow some into drywood termite colonies.Super Soaker ® - Model 2500 or another very powerful water gun or soaker or rechargeable fire extinguisherwith constant pressure can be used to discipline dogs and cats and birds, “tree rats” and other nuisance wildlife,etc. Put diluted enzyme cleaners in the soaker and blast hornet nests and other pests.Surfactants (or surface-active agents) - Are slightly viscous, clear amber substances or colloids that work as(“magnetic”) cleaners and degreasers. Surfactants can be used as household, industrial and marine cleaners,personal hygiene products, insect repellents and insect, arachnid and bird pest control compounds. A micelleis a colloid, microscopic particle formed by an aggregation of small biodegradable molecules. Each moleculehas a hydrophilic (water-seeking) pole and a hydrophobic (water-repelling) pole. The hydrophobic poles attracteach other, forming the interior of the micelle and the hydrophilic poles form the outer surface. When a singlemicelle or surfactant molecule comes in contact with a hydrocarbon molecule (grease, oil, wax, binders, etc.),the hydrophobic center of the micelle or surfactant quickly bonds via homologous attraction to the hydrophobichydrocarbon site, locking it into a colloidal suspension, pulling the hydrocarbon into the micelle and lifting thehydrophobic hydrocarbon molecule from its original surface. This emulsification process easily penetrates highly463