Works on Florida Carpenter Ants (Red head, black body)
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2023 | Rating: 5/5 | Best Sellers in Patio, Lawn & Garden
i live in texas i had a florida carpenter ant red head black body infestation for about a month and this was one of the first baits i ordered this stuff works very nicely my only complaint is that the tearable tabs are terrible you will probably need to use scissors to get them open ants will take this bait if they have no other methods of obtaining moisture i am not certain if this bait was 100 killing the ants but it was at least making them extremely sluggish carpenter ants are tough i had to start using the other 2 diy baits listed below before ant activity completely ceasedmost effective baits i used to get rid of my infestationterro t300b liquid ant killer 12 bait stations make sure you have scissors to open these the tabs suckdiy  mix powdered sugar with baking soda put it in a baggie or a liddiy  mix borax 15 tablespoons warm water 15 cups and either sugar 05 cup or some peanut butter mix well and then soak a cotton ball into the mixturefor this one i used peanut butter since i had already set up the baking sodasugar trapfor all of these traps you are going to want to place them somewhere near the entrance of where the ants are coming from out of reach from pets and children after a few hours you should start seeing more of them show up this is because they are hastily working to bring the food that they found an abundance of back to their nest dont mess with the traps or squish the ants once they start doing this they are delivering poison to the nest you can continue killing the ones that are not collecting the bait eg ones that are just wandering around your housethey are either lost or scouting no reason to keep them alive just make sure you throw the dead ants away so that they dont attract more ants over with their pheromonesif there are locations the ants are falling from id recommend mixing water with dish soap in a preferably rectangular bowl with skinny edges and then placing that under the drop point this mixture will paralyze the ants and drown them as soon as they touch it you need to use soapcarpenter ants are very good swimmers if the water is not tainted dish soap is toxic if ingested so do not let pets or children near this mixture eitherants change their mind on what they want to eat every so often so id recommend using all 3 of the baits i listed if you want to get rid of them as fast as possible if they are not taking any of the 3 baits there are 2 possibilities 1 it might be a bad time of the day for themants are generally most active at night and early in the morning or 2 they are in their mating cycle and have no interest in eating anything the only advice i can give you for this is just leave the traps where you had them and wait for them to finish the cycle if you see winged ants squish them they are breeders and they do not collect foodone last piece of advice carpenter ants make satellite nests their main nest is most likely not in your housethere is a good chance that it is in rotting wood treeslogs or in the dirt somewhere near your homes perimeter because of this id also recommend looking for an insecticide spray that you can apply to the perimeter i used spectracide terminate termite  carpenter ant killer and while it does work i would suggest looking for a different one its spray pump is very annoying to use and it is electronic so there is no getting around its tediousness just make sure you read up on the insecticides proper usage before applying it most of the companies will have a website for thisi hope you found my advice helpful it took me over a month to get rid of my infestation since i initially had no clue what i was doing and was just blindly ordering baits i felt hopeless and eventually i called 3 different exterminators they all tried to get me to do a 1year maintenance contract with no alternatives over 700 i spent about 95 trying to get rid of these things by myself over half of that money went towards useless bait that they did not care for if you follow my advice you will probably be spending under 50good luck