To treat an individual mound, just dump 4 tablespoons of Advion near the mound and the foraging ants will take care of the rest. Terro Liquid Ant Baits are effective, easy to use, widely available, relatively safe, and nearly unanimously recommended by homeowners. Plus the extension tube is the perfect tool to inject the spray into wall voids and small openings in the infested wood. Can be applied into small receptacles, such as bottle tops or lids, along ant trails and where ants are seen.

Unlike sprays and other liquid solutions, Nippon Ant Bait Station is totally enclosed and easy to use. Yet hours, days or even weeks later, I will look at the trap and see it has disgorged a lot of its liquid out of the entry hole onto the floor (or whatever surface it is sitting on). Many bait products can be used indoors or outdoors including in food preparation areas; however, some are strictly for outdoor use.Whether it’s finding great products or discovering helpful advice, we’ll help you get it right (the first time).

If you do have a tight spot where you can’t fit a bait station, we recommend Terro T200 Liquid Ant Killer. If using without a bait station, simply place three to four drops on a clean surface such as a piece of plastic, glass or metal next to the ant run. Adding further to this generally low risk is the fact that it likely won’t be on your lawn for very long: As Puckett explained, “If you’ve got fire ants, they are extraordinary in terms of their foraging efficiency, so they will find [the bait], they’ll take it back to their mound, we don’t have to worry so much about non-target effects on non-target organisms.

In fact, if you live in any of the southern states that the USDA classifies as a “certain” fire ant region, there’s no hope of being totally rid of them—you can only keep them at bay. The dual coloring and sticky pad make for an ant bait that can more easily fade into the background (as long as you have either white or brown decor). The Nippon Ant Killer System is perfect for gardeners and homeowners looking for an easy-to-use solution to their ant problem. We prefer clear bait stations, which make it easy to monitor ant activity and see if the bait is being used or if any ants are currently feeding. Try to avoid areas with direct sunlight as the bait will dry out quicker and also ants may be reluctant to eat the bait if it gets too hot.

Although it is not their primary diet, carpenter ants do occasionally feed on common sweets such as syrup, honey, jelly, sugar, salt, and fruit and would be attracted to the sugars in TERRO ® liquid bait during these times.

Among products more focused on fire ants, we dismissed Amdro’s Ant Block Home Perimeter Ant Bait because it uses hydramethylnon, which takes longer to work than Advion’s indoxacarb. Ants change their feeding habits from protein to sugars depending on the requirements of the colony at the time. We set out Terro and two other borax-based baits at two different houses and watched as the ants walked right by the other two and lined up to feast on Terro.