Will this work on tiny ants? It seems as though the ants are so small, they are dying before they make it back to the nest.
2075519
This will work on any sweet eating ants. Once they come to the bait they will take it back to the colony and die within 24-48 hours. It may be that they are making their second trip back to the bait.
1586574
Good idea. It is safe to do that. Just try to place it in the path of some ants so they can find it and lay a scent trail back to the colony so the others can ingest and spread it as well.
237339
Although I cannot give you a definite time to how long it will take before you don't see any more ants, I will say that I have had the teeny tiny ants and know it may take a while to see them leave. We have been dealing with these small ants for years in Florida in the work setting and I know from discussion with the pest control service that they may have multiple nests. So while you may not have seen relief to the nest problem yet it may be that you have a number of nests that they need to take the bait to. ALSO- When you squeeze the tube you may just get liquid and not the gel, if this occurs put the cap on the tube, massage the tube to mix the ingredients and reapply. Hope that helps! Although I cannot give you a definite time to how long it will take before you don't see any more ants, I will say that I have had the teeny tiny ants and know it may take a while to see them leave. We have been dealing with these small ants for years in Florida in the work setting and I know from discussion with the pest control service that they may have multiple nests. So while you may not have seen relief to the nest problem yet it may be that you have a number of nests that they need to take the bait to. ALSO- When you squeeze the tube you may just get liquid and not the gel, if this... » Read More Although I cannot give you a definite time to how long it will take before you don't see any more ants, I will say that I have had the teeny tiny ants and know it may take a while to see them leave. We have been dealing with these small ants for years in Florida in the work setting and I know from discussion with the pest control service that they may have multiple nests. So while you may not have seen relief to the nest problem yet it may be that you have a number of nests that they need to take the bait to. ALSO- When you squeeze the tube you may just get liquid and not the gel, if this occurs put the cap on the tube, massage the tube to mix the ingredients and reapply. Hope that helps! « Show Less
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we put some of the gel bait on a plastic lid and mixed it with some sugar and some milk to draw the ants in. we watched them go back to their home and once we found out where they were living, we put the ant killer dust near their nest and within a week, they were all gone. haven't seen an ant since and we used it almost a month ago now. it worked great for us!
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Yes it will kill the worms as well, for ant hills buy "amdro", the workers will take the bait and feed it to the queen and it will kill the queen, once the queen is dead, within two days all ants will die too, Bifen XTS 25.1% is very powerful
635295
It doesn't always look like it is attracting ants. They are supposed to carry it back to their nest. And it sometimes seems they are gone and then they are back. So it often takes more than one dose. Be patient and see what happens. I don't know about the shelf life but I would doubt it is bad after a year.
1035517
It does appear to work with spiders, crickets and cockroaches, but not sure about ants, although I'd have to think so.
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I had to feed the ants for almost a month, it can get quite expensive but still just a fraction of what an exterminator would charge, it's been about a month now since i've seen any ants at all....If you have patience, it's great! They keep feeding and taking it back to the colony until there all gone, they love this stuff!
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I'm glad you asked this question. I thought it would, but I had never tried it on ants. I learned something new when I checked the other 4 answers. I'm sorry I couldn't help you, but I'm glad you helped me. Thanx! Tim Drain.
276257
Carpenter ants are a pain!. I use a sugar and borax mixture to kill the whole lot of them works better than anything else I've tried.good luck!
2069443
I have not seen ants attracted to it at all. It works great on killing nutsedge though-Follow the Dirt Doctors recommendations.
1415005
They claim 1-3 months, mine lasted more about 3 months...Once they started dying the ants would bury the dead in the corner or bring them up to the top! Pretty cool!
2285186
Did you clip the end of the plastic container where the instructions indicate it should be cut? Did you place it close to a known ant trail? If you did those things, then ants should be visiting the container and taking poison home to the queen and her pupa...which will severely reduce ant numbers near your home. It works very well so long as the liquid is not spilled out, and so long as the container is in a sheltered area where rain cannot get to it. I hope this helps. :-)
713356
Interesting. After a two or three days all the ants are gone. No dead bodies to speak of. Not many if any ants in the bait. I have two baits going today and expect the black ant trails to be gone tomorrow . So far the baits have worked.
139502
I wish I could tell you for sure, but I honestly don't know. It works extremely quickly and effectively with other ants and for the price I'd say it's definitely worth a try. Good luck!
884225
Having worked in pest control quite a few years ago, I would say, 'No'. The ants I used this for 'ghost ants' are resistant to your average insect spray. This did however work fantastically on the ghost ants.
469712
You betcha. Most of my ant problems are black carpenter ants. The only thing about these baits that would limit their use is that they are liquid, so if you can't leave them in place, undisturbed, for the time it takes to work, say the only place you've seen the ants is a high traffic area, then they're not effective. Luckily for me (not so lucky for the ants) is that there's usually more than one trail on which they travel, and one of them is bound to be low traffic.