Vitax Nippon Ant Killer Liquid Insect Control,

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You can’t do the same with opaque bait stations, so with those you’re left guessing about what’s going on. The Terro bait station is clear plastic (other than the label on the top) for easy monitoring of ant activity and the amount of remaining bait. For more on fighting pests or to exclusive updates on TERRO ® products, subscribe to our eNewsletter. These products create a barrier that ants do not want to cross; however, they might find another way into the home. Editor-in-chief Ben Frumin has also had success with Terro but said the idea of the bait station takes a little getting used to: “We still haven’t quite mentally gotten over the fact that seeing a swarm of ants march into the trap and then back out is actually a good thing that turns them into very effective poison vectors, rather than some sort of trap-defying jailbreak.

After feeding on this liquid they will carry it back to the colony where it is passed to the queen and all the other ants in the colony. Nobody likes to find ants running around in the kitchen or in and out of holes in the skirting board. So if you see ants only in a spot where the bait station doesn’t fit, you can apply a few drops of bait to a piece of cardboard or (as Rollins’s Ramsey suggested) a bottle cap and set it out.

They come with little adhesive strips for mounting to a vertical surface or even under an upper cabinet. Do not disturb feeding ants as it is essential they take the bait back to the nest and the rest of the colony.

It just happened again with one I put on the kitchen counter (inside an empty pastry box with a clear cellophane window, with crumbs that were attracting tiny ants). Corvallis (OR): National Pesticide Information Center, Oregon State University; Jul 2009 [cited 21 Aug 2019]. Ant bait also has the advantage of being less intrusive, controlling pests with less pesticide when compared to broad spectrum sprays that have the ability to control a wider variety of pests. Usually you can spread a few tablespoons near an individual mound or spread the bait across an entire yard.If Terro’s T300 Liquid Ant Baits are not available, we recommend Terro T334 Multi-Surface Liquid Ant Baits.

The Nippon Ant Killer System is perfect for gardeners and homeowners looking for an easy-to-use solution to their ant problem.

Borax has a long track record of success against indoor ants, and when mixed with a sweet, syrupy liquid, it creates an attractive meal for an ant. Putting a pesticide perimeter around your house is another option and one that Ramsey said can be effective, but only if you are sure the ants are coming from outside. That won’t happen with Terro T300 Liquid Ant Baits, a favorite among homeowners because they’re simple to use, widely available, and filled with an effective, slow-acting poison that targets and eliminates the entire colony.

We still haven’t quite mentally gotten over the fact that seeing a swarm of ants march into the trap and then back out is actually a good thing that turns them into very effective poison vectors, rather than some sort of trap-defying jailbreak. Many manufacturers also sell their bait in a syringe or tube (like toothpaste) so that you can apply it to a scrap of cardboard or directly on the floor near an ant trail, but like sprays and lawn-wide pesticides, this method increases the bait’s potential exposure to non-targeted animals (or kids).Once that active ingredient is released,” Puckett said, “there is going to be a long period of time during which it has to break down, and during that time if other non-target organisms come in contact with it, they can succumb to the active ingredient. Antmaster Ant Killer is a ready-to-use sugar-based liquid ant bait formulation that requires no mixing or dilution prior to use. Going this route isn’t for everyone and we haven’t found any conclusive evidence that the homemade versions are any more effective than Terro, in fact, the opposite may be true. He is an entomologist and provides technical expertise to services such as HomeTeam Pest Defense, Orkin, Trutech Wildlife Service, Waltham Pest Services, and Western Pest Services.