does boric acid kill fleas?
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Yes, boric acid can kill fleas. “Boric acid and its sodium salts can kill insects by acting as a stomach poison or by abrading the exoskeletons of insects,” says Daguillard. In fact, he notes that one of boric acid’s first uses when it was registered in 1948 was to eradicate fleas.
Alicia Leytem, a pesticide specialist at Oregon State University’s National Pesticide Information Center, explains that boric acid can be used to kill cockroaches, termites, and ants because they eat the acid. When it comes to fleas, things work a little differently.
Larvae scavenging for a food in a carpet may ingest the boric acid and die, says Leytem. But more commonly, since adult fleas only feast on blood, they will not eat or ingest boric acid. Rather, the substance is absorbed by a flea’s body and will kill them through the process of dehydration, says Leytem.
Boric acid is most effective as part of an integrated flea control program, not when it is used alone.