Liquid Ant Bait Stations

TERRO Ant Baits
Ants can be a issue at any anyplace – from the home to the workplace. Place TERRO Liquid Ant Killer in areas where ant activity has been observed to eliminate common household ants. Foraging ants will be drawn to this, allowing them to take the bait to their nest. It will kill both the ants you see and those you don’t as it moves through the colony. The number of ants visiting the bait should significantly decrease within a few days. The bait stations are ideal for positioning along baseboards, in corners, on counters, under and behind appliances, and on windowsills due to their small size. The more places you put your bait, the better!

How Liquid Ant Bait Hunts
Since it’s food, you’ll see even more ants at first, but don’t worry; that’s a good thing. Why? When ants search for food, they are quickly attract to the sweet, sugary liquid that is present in the feeding area. After a worker ant finds the food, it eats it and releases a pheromone trail that leads back to the colony. This trail lets other worker ants know where the newly found food source is. This is why you see more ants initially. At this point, the active ingredient, borax, slowly works its way into the ants’ digestive systems, eventually killing them but allowing them enough time to return and distribute their dose to other members of the colony. This slow kill is necessary to allow foraging ants to make multiple trips to the bait. The bait should reach to hundreds, if not thousands, of individual ants due to the ants colony’s communal nature.

How to Setup Liquid Ant Baits
The application of TERRO Liquid Ant Baits is simple. Be sure to get rid of any other food sources, like crumbs, before setting up the bait stations. Ants may avoid the bait stations if you put it where you’ve already used insecticides. Simply remove the tab and place the bait station label-side up on a flat surface near an ant trail. Additional bait stations should place wherever they might enter your home. Regularly check the TERRO Liquid Ant Killer and change when the bait runs out. Once the ants are under control, change the baits every three months to prevent their return.