Can I spray this directly on ant beds in my yard? I have about 50 big ones.
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No, you may disturb the nest, causing the queen to move to another location. I would spray around the nest, several feet away, so that when 'scouts' leave the nest they will walk over the sprayed area and then track it back into the nest. I had Carpenter ants and I never found the main nest, I did find 2 satellite nests. All I did was spray the sides of my house and the trunks of 8 trees, up to about 5 feet high. About a week later found about 100+ dead ants in a bathroom light fixture that was built into the ceiling. Since then I haven't seen any, that was Oct 2014.
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YES, it won't kill them fast, but in a week or two, all of them will be dead throughout the nests as thy spread it to one another.
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Taurus SC is a fantastic ant control product, but you should not use Fipronil-based products like Taurus SC or Termidor away from structures as it is highly toxic to honey bees, other pollinators, and even rabbits. In fact, the instruction manual that comes with the product says it is against the law to use the product more than 1' away from structures (ie, foundations, sheds, wood piles, etc.) due to this toxicity. I would consult other products specifically designed for such use. Good luck.
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So you have fire ants. To limit the disturbance of the ant hill, I always spray (plenty) in a circle AROUND the hill. I don't spray it directly on the hill. You know there are other products made specifically for fire ants.
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I've only used this for black ants. They LOVE it.....at least mine do. I put that down and they come out of the hills in droves to pick it up and carry it away. Then the next day they're completely gone. I put this in the driveway and sidewalk cracks and I just don't get ants anymore.
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This product can be spread either by hand or a generic lawn spreader. We spread one bag by hand around a travel trailer and a deck that were having an ant problem. After soaking the ants were gone within about 3 days. We used disposable gloves and washed our hands afterwards for safety sake.
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Some question. Where are you putting it? They went crazy for it when i put it out! You have to put it where the ants are coming out of and i doubt it will work if you are putting it outside. Your question comes with many other questions. For me, it was super effective because i followed the directions
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Sure you can. Just sprinkle a little on top of the ant hill and in 2 or 3 days they just disappear. Work like a charm.
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I did not use the spray or traps. I don't see my answer from earlier, but, I am sure that I mentioned that I used the powder, and just poured it around the hill. Next day: no ants anymore. You have to find the hill, but, the ants are big and easy to track. Watch your feet and keep moving. One bite will let you know that you were not alert.
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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.
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Squeeze the bottle to create a jet of dust. Be careful not to breathe this stuff. Apply the jet of dust to moist ground and don't water for a few days. Leave a nice barrier of this around an ant colony, along the base of walls and in concrete cracks - wherever you want to eliminate ant activity. This stuff works amazingly and sticks around for quite a while in a dry environment like S. CA.
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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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You can spray the whole yard but I applied it to the weeds I wanted to kill. It may take a couple applications too so you don't want to spray it where it's not needed.
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I placed mine in high ant traffic areas, luckily for me it was almost on each corner of the house. These work amazing, the Terro product kills them within days, I have never seen an ant in the house, and I use the small liquid baits in two cars that were infested with ants and they were all gone within a couple of days
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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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It's possible, this poison, dries them out from the inside. If the ants eat it or get it on them, it should kill them. If you spread it around their nest that should help but keep it away from animals and children. I spread it in the backs of cupboards and underneath drawers.
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I sprayed this directly on ants and it didn't kill them. I sprinkled baby powder on ants and it worked (as did Chlorox Clean up). I've made boundaries of the baby powder and it blocks the ant trails until it blows away.
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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.
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I am sorry I cannot give you an absolute answer, I have only used it on fire ants, but I will try it on other ants and let you know!
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I've never used it for ants, but I have a neighbor who did and she said it worked great.