It seems wasteful to just use this for one month...how do you get rid of dead ants and replace gel? Does it come with extra or do you have to order?
1060042
We got this for our son for Christmas and there are still a few ants that are alive. Supposedly the ants will bring the dead ones to the top so that you can remove them with the tweezer they provide but the dead ants are mostly at the bottom so we can't get at them. The ants seemed to congregate at the top so we don't open it up. My son enjoyed this gift. You have to order a refill.
1060043
My ants are still alive, we are on our second month. Alivealive.com estimates a few month survival rate for the ants. 2 ants died and they were brought to the top by the live ants so you will be able to scoop them out. I'm not sure how to re-fill the gel though once they all die.
1060044
The ants themselves will typically carry any dead out of the tunnels and to the surface, where you can remove them with a cotton swab or a toothpick/skewer. If your colony completely dies out, you can actually use the same gel that's in there. You just have to rinse it out with clean water to remove any dead ants or debris, then just drain the excess water and add new ants. The new ants will use the same tunnels, and dig new ones.
1905000
M batch has worked fine. I did go through two of the tubes before I was ant free. Additionally, the colonies seemed to relocate once they figured out they weren't able to sustain the colony after I applied the bait. So I had to be vigilant about searching for active ant trails in the early evening and running a couple of beads of the bait. It took a good two to three weeks of putting down the bait every two or three days before we were ant free in the house. However, if you feel it's just not working I"m sure you could contact the manufacturer and request a refund.
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.
1543162
I had to spray it twice one week apart. Then the Ants are gone for months now. I used it to spray outside around the house.
282253
After about a month of use it fills with mold. It is cleanable when all the ants die but I could never get all the mold out.
3554
You can either throw away the entire thing or just the dead ants and replace the gel.
1785800
Yes! I mainly use it for sugar ants. Let them take the bait back to their "nest"...meaning...you need to let them crawl around for a day after leaving the bait out without killing them. Once it's been out for a day or two you will notice...no more ants. Many months later you may notice a return, if it's a problem area but you'll have the Terro on hand!
1865436
Yes! I generally just use the stations and it stops the ants (I have the small sugar ants). When it doesn't I use the gel with the traps and that always works. The two together have taken care of the worst outbreaks.
613282
The Amdro powder is the best. You sprinkle it in a circle around the hole, about 4 inches back, they take it in, and usually, there are NO ants by the next morning. There may be a lot of dead ones around the hole, and you can bet that there is quite a few, like all, in the hole. Rake over the hole and you are done. I have used it several times without fail. I like to sit there and watch them start to pick up the pieces and take them in. Then, I know that they are finished.
1701914
I used it outside. I only left it there for a short time (few hours maybe) as it was my son's party and I didn't want to have poison lying around. Never saw the ants again.
613281
I had the same problem, but I left it alone and after a couple of days the ants were gone. I wrote a negative review based on first impression, and I feel bad about that. Good luck.
478910
There is no way to do this. The same scent that attracts ants, attracts animals as well. Please don't do this. The instructions that come with the gel warn against doing this as well.
196350
we used all of the gasses that came with the gasser, I think four, and the next day the mound was dead. the ants have not returned or built somewhere else. I have several turtles in a outdoor pen so I didn't want to harm them with chemicals.
764670
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.
282252
I have never used this particular container, but you can purchase more gel and live ants at antsalive.com.
2226433
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
1650891
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!