Vitax Nippon Ant Killer Liquid Insect Control,

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They also make it easier for you to mount the bait station higher up and out of reach of both children and pets.

Borax has a long track record of success against indoor ants, and when mixed with a sweet, syrupy liquid, it creates an attractive meal for an ant. There are no dogs, cats or other things roaming around in here that could disturb the traps and today it happened inside a closed box (with a transparent lid) in a matter of hours so I know nothing like a mouse or cockroach could have disturbed it (not that I've seen any of those in here anyway). This very useful Nippon product has two refillable plastic disc shaped traps with tiny holes which can be punched in the sides for the ants to enter. The ants are far too minuscule to tilt it and in fact showed no interest until the liquid inside had spilled out into a big puddle, around which they are gathered like pigs at a trough. These insects are admirable for their organized societies but detestable for their invasion of our homes.Some of the liquid had spilled onto the floor, but it was unclear how much, if any, the boy had swallowed.

Ants change their feeding habits from protein to sugars depending on the requirements of the colony at the time. Instead of offering a clear bait station, the T334 design is opaque, with one side white and the other brown. It’s also important to minimise the availability of other food sources such as sugary foods and spillages to ensure bait intake and increase control.It is literally inside a box with a clear cellophane top so I can look in and see the bait and the ants, nothing could have disturbed it. As a fast-acting poison bait that you can apply to individual mounds or spread across your yard, it’s the only product required for all your fire ant needs. Editor Joshua Lyon told us, “For two full weeks after we put [Terro baits] out, we had more and more ants coming in for it and then staggering around like drunk zombies, constantly wiping at their antennae, but now there are none. This feature gives more options for placement and can help keep the bait station away from little curious hands or paws.

We sought out a toxin that is strong enough to wipe out an ant colony but at the same time is something that you can place around your house with confidence.

They come with little adhesive strips for mounting to a vertical surface or even under an upper cabinet. Nippon Ant Killer Liquid contains a mix of sugar, honey and Spinosad, a naturally occurring ingredient, which has been extensively tested and found to be effective against ants but which will not harm the majority of beneficial insects. If you treat your yard and get rid of the fire ants and your neighbors don’t,” Vander Meer explained, “then the fire ants from your neighbor’s yard are going to migrate into the vacated space. You can clean it up with hot water and a paper towel (it’s like cleaning up maple syrup), and if you’re aware of where the ant opening is and you’re careful, spills should be rare.

An effective dose is normally built up within the colony in 7-10 days, depending on the size of the colony and frequency of feeding.

Our picks in this guide should work with regular household ants, including little black ants, odorous house ants, Argentine ants, acrobat ants, pharaoh ants, and white-footed ants. If Terro’s T300 Liquid Ant Baits are not available, we recommend Terro T334 Multi-Surface Liquid Ant Baits. Some baits are protein-based, and an ant’s preference can depend both on the type of ant and the time of year: In the warmer months, a lot of ants “feed on high-sugar, high-carbohydrate things because they’re quick energy,” Ramsey said. 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). The study also indicates that boric acid (which is slightly different from borax) might disrupt the ants ability to regulate water, “causing the ants to ingest more of the bait to counterbalance dehydration.