For permanent control, you need to get rid of the whole colony, including the queens and the grubs that are growing into the next generation of worker ants.
By Jeanne Huber Jeanne Huber Email Bio May 27 at 7:00 AM Q: We have ants in the kitchen. I think it started because our cats got a little messy with their food bowls. After putting down a tray under the bowls, the problem has gotten better but is not completely gone. Any suggestions for getting rid of ants for good?A: Dealing with ants can be incredibly frustrating.
Slow-acting pesticides that ants don’t recognize as poison can do this. When the pesticide is mixed into sweet or fatty bait they like, foraging ants carry bits back to the nest and share it with their mates. It might take two weeks or longer, but eventually this can do in the whole colony. In the Northeast, small ants are probably odorous house ants, Potter said. Gels marketed to professionals, which homeowners can also buy online, are highly effective, he said. An example is Maxforce Quantum Ant Bait gel . Other products include Maxforce FC, Advion, Optigard and Alpine. Gels made by consumer-focused brands such as Combat, Raid, Ortho and Terro are more widely available. Ace Hardware, for example, sells Combat Max Ant Killing Gel and Raid Ant Gel .
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