2. Pour the sugar and borax into the jar. The borax is what will kill the ants, and the sugar is what will attract them to the borax. Ants don't see borax as a food source, so they won't come near itâthe sugar will be an effective bait.prinkle the powder across the ant trail. If the ants are entering your house through the windows and doors, sprinkle the powder across the doorway and on the window ledge. The ants will pick up the powder and carry it back to the hive for the larva to eat. The borax in the powder will kill the larva.
Synonyms for the noun characteristics are: attributes, qualities, mannerisms, features, traits, peculiarities.
Definition of characteristic. 1  1 : a distinguishing trait, quality, or property the characteristics of this breed of dog. 2  2 : the integral part of a common logarithm. 3  3 : the smallest positive integer n which for an operation in a ring or field yields 0 when any element is used n times with the operation.