Has anyone tried using DE for carpenter ants with excellent results?
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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!
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I'm sorry but I don't know. I can tell you this though, this stuff really works. You won't regret using it but I used it indoors and also around the house and in various places in my basement and it stopped the carpenter ants and any other pests as well.
1762151
No, not with the application method that is involved. It only works with mounds. For sugar ants as well as roaches and any other indoor insects, I use Bengal which works great.
1785801
I found that it was easy to use and provided an excellent barrier around the house against a variety of ants from carpenter ants, little red ones to those pesky little black ones that seemed like sugar ants. I have actually walked around the yard, sprinkled them on ant hills and after one little rain they were gone. Definitely worth the purchase.
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"Food grade diatomaceous earth" (DE) is much better if you want to use it on plants. It's also very cheap and non-toxic. The downside is that it takes a little longer to work if you use it in a sprayer bottle because DE only works so-so when wet, so you must give it time to dry out. Or you can use it in a duster and just use a fine mist. You don't need a thick coat, but just a fine light coating on your plants. Do not use "swimming pool" DE...only Food Grade DE because food grade DE is finer diatoms, which is what is needed to kill the ants and other pests. It lasts forever until it washes off. "Food grade diatomaceous earth" (DE) is much better if you want to use it on plants. It's also very cheap and non-toxic. The downside is that it takes a little longer to work if you use it in a sprayer bottle because DE only works so-so when wet, so you must give it time to dry out. Or you can use it in a duster and just use a fine mist. You don't need a thick coat, but just a fine light coating on your plants. Do not use "swimming pool" DE...only Food Grade DE because food grade DE is finer diatoms, which is what is needed to kill the ants and other pests. It lasts... » Read More "Food grade diatomaceous earth" (DE) is much better if you want to use it on plants. It's also very cheap and non-toxic. The downside is that it takes a little longer to work if you use it in a sprayer bottle because DE only works so-so when wet, so you must give it time to dry out. Or you can use it in a duster and just use a fine mist. You don't need a thick coat, but just a fine light coating on your plants. Do not use "swimming pool" DE...only Food Grade DE because food grade DE is finer diatoms, which is what is needed to kill the ants and other pests. It lasts forever until it washes off. « Show Less
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While not an expert on ants, I do believe (based on the pictures) that I have some carpenter ants at my cabin. This Terro Ant Killer has greatly reduced my ant problem with all ants. There are still a few but nothing like before. For the price, it's definitely worth trying. I've got to order some more for my mother who has an infestation of thousands of small ants in her house. Wish I could answer your question with 100% certainty. I would, however, be surprised if it didn't work on carpenter ants. Terro has a website where they will answer any questions or concerns that you might have. http://www.terro.com/guide-ants.php
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I cannot say anything about the ants but I managed to exterminate cocroaches who are the great survavals. The substance have no smell and did not influence the state of health anyway ,though I used it all around the kitchen floor in all the corners and crevices.Nither of my family members complained. I had to repeat the spraying a couple of times until all the disabled creatures died out. I think that the substunce is magic. Very glad that I was recomended to use it.
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I used this product for getting rid of ants in my kitchen...and it worked incredibly well! I have no more ants and its been about 6 months now .
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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!
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Sorry it took so long to answer back. I've used only on carpenter ant and wasps!! It works great on those two.
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Absolutely! Our new home was sitting in carpenter ant heaven, battling for 5 yrs using professional exterminators & paying large sums. Maxforce & Advance are the 2 products I saw used. Max is a sweet substance, advance is a protein-ants go thru cycles between the 2. Place Maxforce in the path you've observed the ants travel. They take it back to nest to feed the queen etc. you may need to reapply many x's and maybe each yr if your wooded lot is as infested as ours. As time goes on, with practice you'll learn where to place the sweet gel or the protein sprinkles where carpenter ants respond best to take to their nest. But they DO WORK. Hope this helps Absolutely! Our new home was sitting in carpenter ant heaven, battling for 5 yrs using professional exterminators & paying large sums. Maxforce & Advance are the 2 products I saw used. Max is a sweet substance, advance is a protein-ants go thru cycles between the 2. Place Maxforce in the path you've observed the ants travel. They take it back to nest to feed the queen etc. you may need to reapply many x's and maybe each yr if your wooded lot is as infested as ours. As time goes on, with practice you'll learn where to place the sweet gel or the protein sprinkles where carpenter ants respond... » Read More Absolutely! Our new home was sitting in carpenter ant heaven, battling for 5 yrs using professional exterminators & paying large sums. Maxforce & Advance are the 2 products I saw used. Max is a sweet substance, advance is a protein-ants go thru cycles between the 2. Place Maxforce in the path you've observed the ants travel. They take it back to nest to feed the queen etc. you may need to reapply many x's and maybe each yr if your wooded lot is as infested as ours. As time goes on, with practice you'll learn where to place the sweet gel or the protein sprinkles where carpenter ants respond best to take to their nest. But they DO WORK. Hope this helps « Show Less
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Larry, I used it on black, red, & fire ants. ( it doesn't go far & neither did they) I put a little at the base of an oak tree that has carpenter ants & it did kill some. Sorry I couldn't help more.
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Probably not for the ants. It probably only works with creatures that eat wood and blocks some enzyme associated with digesting wood. I think it could prevent mold on wood, but if it already has mold, you should replace the wood first.
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These baits seem to work really well 80% of the time. I've had the ants at one place totally ignore them though. The best option would be to spray termidor around the outside perimeter of your home and use some store bought any killer spray to wipe out the ones inside. The second best option is you use Telstar P and spray this around the perimeter of your house, around windows, and door frames. You can also spray Talstar P inside. Both Termidor and Talstar P are pet and human safe once they dry but Termidor can only be used outside.
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Every ant problem that I have had over the years has been solved with this product. Terro has different formulas. They even have outdoor and carpenter ant bates specifically. They are effective and long lasting.
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Mix equal parts sugar and this product and place in a container that you can secure the top of. Sugar attracts the ants to this source. Poke holes in the bottom of the containers so the ants can enter to ingest the product. They will eat it and carry it back to the nest where it will either kill them or render them infertile, there are two schools of thought on this - but it certainly does work even on those HUGE carpenter ants that are downright scary looking. In the beginning, you may need to reapply every year or two. It only takes a small amount of borax. Borax has some toxicity and shouldn't be ingested, it is much less toxic than commercial ant killer, and you don't spray it around the house. Safer for you, your children and pets. Been using it since I was a teen and I'm in my 50's now and still telling people how well it works. It also works on some roaches but since I can't tell one breed from another can't tell you which ones.
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It worked for me. I had a recurring ant problem that left me killing ants every night when I got home and spraying horrid bug spray, just to find more ants the next day. After a couple of weeks of this and a visit from the expensive bug guy (with no change), I tried Riddex. It worked in less than 24 hours and I haven't seen an ant in months.