How to use in house to kill ants and roaches?
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Just sprinkle it where they may go - around edges of rooms, near water sources, at entry points. It is not toxic to people or pets, so no worries. I put it in my cat/dog food also!
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Greg, In general its not a wise choice to spray any kind of concentrate for ants. The reasons are many but the big one is that they can detect most any active. And once they detect it, they'll stay off the treated surface and avoid where its been applied. This will usually force them elsewhere and essentially complicate the situation. And since the ants you see represent less 10% of the local nest, even if you did kill all the ones you see it wouldn't solve the problem. So what do you do? Well for starters, don't spray inside the home. Instead use a bait. Something like Maxforce Ant Gel or Optigard Ant Gel. These options will readily be accepted by any foraging ant and within a few days, be brought back to their nest and once ingested, kill a bunch of the colony. At the same time you should spray the homes exterior with a "non repellent" active such as Phantom, Optigard Flex or Dominion. These actives won't be detectable by the ants and in turn, they'll readily walk over the treatment. This will allow them to "transfer" the active to other members of their colony so when the active finally does "kicks in" and goes to work, it will kill most if not the entire nest. That will usually happen in 3-4 days following the initial application. The good news is any ants surviving this will in turn know to stay away from the old ant trails for fear of something "bad" in the area so even if you don't kill them all, the non repellents will usually take care of the problem by forcing them elsewhere. Give us a call if you need more advice; its kind of hard to explain all of this via a post. Cheers, Jonathan Customer Care U-Spray Bugspray
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Use full strength. Just put in an empty plastic spray bottle. It kills the ants on contact but put along trail areas even if you don't see any ants. If it's inside, you may want to wipe off some of the excess after about 5 minutes.
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Also Terro ant killer worked for me to get rid of ants. Some other ways have been boiling hot water and other methods like hot aluminum, but who really has access to that? Good luck to you I think you'll get rid of them.
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Hi Leanne, thanks for your question. The answer is that its the best, cheapest, and safest way that we've found to do it. Vegetable oil works great, everyone has it in their homes, its very inexpensive, and 100% safe for humans, birds & other pets like cats and dogs to be around. Some of our competitors promote using toxic & dangerous ant killer chemicals with ingredients that are deadly to humans, birds & other pets, and we simply can't condone something so irresponsible. Sometimes the simplest solution is the best, and we've found the vegetable oil with our "Skinny Ant" model is by far the best way to get rid of those ants, forever... I encourage you to check out one of our "Skinny Ant" moats yourself and let us know what you think... I know that you're going to love it, just like all of our other customers.. Have a blessed day, Mark
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buy a small $10.00 bellows duster here on amazon or at your local hardware store. put about 1/4 full in the duster. shake it up and turn the duster on it side so as not to squirt out a stream of powder. All you want is a fine puff of dust. use it around the legs of the bed and around base boards and dressers and chest of drawers. This works very well. I friend that works for a pest control company told me about this and It is the only thing I have tried that worked and this keeps on killing where liquid only kills on contact then evaporates. this also kills many other bugs as well. hopes this helps. remember just a fine puff of dust is all you want. Not a stream of white powder.
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It is a contact insecticide, so it wont do anything to kill the roaches that do not directly come in contact with the powder
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I don't know about the roaches, because our main insect problem was with ants, earwigs and spiders. I do know when you put it down it needs to have time to dry in order for it to have a lasting effect. We usually put it around the outside of the house and then also the inside of the house. The only time we end up with bugs is when we delay in putting it down. Been using it for 4 years now and I'm hesitant to try anything else. This works well so I'm sticking with it.
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Hi. No roaches here so I can't answer that question. It does work well on spiders and cicada killers though.
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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'd say it's very effective indoors. I had an indoor ant problem a few months ago. The ants are completely gone. I only used two of those in my kitchen and there were trails of ants to them for 3 or 4 days and then dead ants all over my floor in the kitchen and even downstairs in the bathroom for several days. Since then, around 2 months ago, I have not seen even a single ant in my house! No sprays ever killed them all, this killed the colony!
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Cockroaches are hard to kill. They hide in walls or the inner workings of old appliances. They eat anything (including each other). If you have an active infestation, it will take time to clear them out. To get rid of the bugs, you need to apply the powder (a light dusting is good) to areas the bugs are likely to cross over. The kitchen is likely to be a hot spot because they tend to nest in areas where they have found food in the past. Don't breath the dust when you apply it, but don't worry about putting it around food prep areas. It is safe to eat. If you dust your floors, leave it on the floor for at least a few hours. If you vacuum it up, reapply it in about a week. The dust won't harm the eggs. They can hatch a new generation later, which is why it is important to reapply. When you find a dead bug, flush it down the toilet. If it is carrying fertile eggs, they can still hatch after the adult dies. When you go a couple of weeks without seeing the little buggers, you can dust around the perimeter of the floors and counters from time to time. That should discourage them from moving back in. Persistence is the key here. Good luck! Hope to hear that this works for you. One side note. If you are going to vacuum this up after applying it to your floor, try to dust lightly. A little goes a long way and I have heard from others that too much in an area is not good for your vacuum.
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Yes, we have had some horrible infestations in our rental properties. So I have only used this with other means. Make sure you put borax along run sites, under fridge, anywhere they have to pass to get to food source. Then we make sure all food cleaned up under fridge, stove, around toliets ect. Then I put drops of this where there nest are which usually is in kitchen. They track borax to nest which kills babies and the poison kills them. Drastic measures if bad infestation. Hope this helps. I have never had to reapply poison by doing this. But if this doesn't work it could be the neighbors house. I've seen this as well that's a whole nother ball game! Good luck Yes, we have had some horrible infestations in our rental properties. So I have only used this with other means. Make sure you put borax along run sites, under fridge, anywhere they have to pass to get to food source. Then we make sure all food cleaned up under fridge, stove, around toliets ect. Then I put drops of this where there nest are which usually is in kitchen. They track borax to nest which kills babies and the poison kills them. Drastic measures if bad infestation. Hope this helps. I have never had to reapply poison by doing this. But if this doesn't work it could be the neighbors... » Read More Yes, we have had some horrible infestations in our rental properties. So I have only used this with other means. Make sure you put borax along run sites, under fridge, anywhere they have to pass to get to food source. Then we make sure all food cleaned up under fridge, stove, around toliets ect. Then I put drops of this where there nest are which usually is in kitchen. They track borax to nest which kills babies and the poison kills them. Drastic measures if bad infestation. Hope this helps. I have never had to reapply poison by doing this. But if this doesn't work it could be the neighbors house. I've seen this as well that's a whole nother ball game! Good luck « Show Less
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Put in cabinets , or within the sofa , necessarily not near the heater because the heat will melt the gel bait an make it useless. One thing I love about the gel bait is that when the "roaches" eat the bait they take it back to their colony and infect everyone else. After that they don't die in hidden places they tend to come out in the open and just die anywhere in the kitchen. From my experience that's what happened to me I come home and they are all just laying dead on the kitchen floor. Also put in places where you won't mop the floor. This product is highly effective and can last up to 1 - 2 years without reusing it.
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Invict Gold surely did a great job for me...just put a few dots in places that you see signs of roach activity. You will start find dead roaches as soon as the first night.
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It does kill roaches. Spread it where roaches run, behind cabinets, etc. I use a plastic bottle with small holes in it to sprinkle behind furniture, in cracks and crevices and wherever bugs may be. Works great for fleas and all types of crawling bugs.
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Yes, It works pretty well with almost any insects . It eliminated most of the roaches and ants , even some mosquitos were lying dead on the floor. sprinkle it every 2weeks.