Do you have to activate these somehow? I've had several of them directly in the line of an ant trail for weeks and they're just walking around it.
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Ants regularly change their diet. Sometimes they go for sweets, sometimes they go for proteins. This product is protein. You need to use this along with a sweet product so you have all your bases covered. I used this product along with "Optiguard and gel bait". My problem was gone in 2 days.
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We were told ants like to search for their food. In other words, if you put it directly in their path, they will avoid it. We put ours on the opposite corner of the house that our infestation was. It seemed to work. I guess we will have to wait for spring to see for sure.
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We had carpenter ants. I tried every thing and nothing worked. I then purchased Maxforce ant bait. The ants are gone. Just stick the up on the wall or floor and let it work. You do not have to put them in direct line of an ant trail. I put my in the area of where I saw the ants. It did take about two weeks before they were all gone.
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If you put in the path that the ants are walking, when they walk through it they take it back to the nest so all of the ants get it on them.
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These ants were so small I didn't really worry about it it. I know it seems a little gross but my understanding is that the ant carry the poison back to the colony and then they slowly die off. Unless you can find where the colony is you will have to deal with this with any product.
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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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The pulse that drives the critters nuts travels through your electrical wires. You need to have one on each level of your house. I live in the country. I had problems with rats, mice and little black ants. I put one on the main floor of my house, one on the second floor and one in my garage/storage area. All of the critters moved out, including those nasty little black ants. It does not bother our cats, dogs or ferret. I have been using these Riddex units for over 3 years and I'm happy with them. The vermin have not moved back in. I purchased my original units through an ad on tv. The units that I purchased recently from Amazon were for a friend who needed them.
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Not sure I have ever seen crazy ants...but pharoah yes. They are persistent. I usually double team with the baits as well. Some take to the gel, some the baits. But both products work great. You just have to be patient, put it in their path and leave them to it. They will take it back to the nest and kill off the rest as well. Sometimes same day, some trails a few days. Hope this helps.
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Here in the upper dessert it deters them for awhile, but ants being ants, seem to return....maybe with hyper vigilance and a rigorous consistent schedule of application they will turn from the oak.....good luck!
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I dont know, I get these out before hand, ( I put them out when its still a little cold) they wont work if an established nest is already there, destroy the nest if you can, then try to put it up, I am not sure of the kind of wasp I have but these really worked for me.
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to my knowledge they are good for a couple of years. they use next to no power and the ultrasonic noise they make is steady as long as the light (red flashing) is blinking. sometimes it may take a little while to convince your pests that they had best leave if they didn't want to go crazy listening to an sound only they can hear. i was amazed to see that these units did such a good job at driving off ants. we have them by the millions out here but never anywhaere close to one of these repellers. hope that answred your question.
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Yes, once they find the ant bait they will lay a trail for other ants to follow. Soon you should have a swarm of ants on the ant trap. Make sure the trap is in a spot which the ants are traversing by.
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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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It does make the ants clear the mound . But I found they will burrow out other outlets, since their tunnels are numerous, you have to make sure you stay on them, and do this when the ground is dry ! Hope this helps
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They come with a warranty, but like all such devices it's only for limited period. Unless the device fails (and any device--TVs, water heaters, computers--can fail), it should be good for many seasons. I have been impressed. I haven't seen an ant since we placed these in the areas where we saw them year after year. Nothing this year.
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My sister in law ordered them I think from the place they recommended in the ant farm box...they only ship them in warmer weather so you may have to wait until March or so so get them if you live in a colder climate
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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 used the Terro outdoor liquid and bait 6 pack T1806, as I could see them outside and this worked really well. I used 2 bait traps and placed them where they already had a trail to follow. I have not seen anymore big black ants in the house. I have used the small bait traps in the house with success but you need to keep them away from children and pets. Again you need to find the trail where they come into the area where they are located and put the trap where they have to walk on it or through it coming in or going out. Ants follow a path and don't change the path unless you do some thing to interrupt it. In the spring flying ants come out of the nests and fly off to make new nests, if you see them, kill them, use a spray, by hand, or knock them out of the air to the grown and step on them. I have used most of there products for ants and they have worked very well for me. Just read and follow the directions.
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I am experiencing the same problem in Huntington Beach, CA. I bought bowls just like these on Amazon over a year ago, and they worked perfectly. Then someone stole those bowls. I ordered another set a couple months ago, and they are not working at all!!! I am wondering if the design has changed. With your situation, I am wondering if the ants are smaller (?) and can make it up the slippery sides more easily....? Are they the exact same bowls?