I would suggest anyone to try these if they have any trouble. I change them about every month and a half or two. To kill common household ants, place TERRO Liquid Ant Baits in areas where they attract. Kill the ants inside and outside of your home with the bait and stakes bundle. It takes a few days for the ants to head back to their nest, but I have not seen ants in months. TERRO Liquid Ant Killer Bait Indoor Stations and Outdoor Stakes Ants can be a problem anywhere - in the home, at work and everywhere in between. These ones are the best I have come across. I have ants in the summer and it gets annoying. "I came across these when I was shopping. The colony I had was so bad it took a few traps to do the job, but it worked and I don't have chemicals sprayed all over the place!" - VT Pooh Bear
It definitely seems to get worse before it gets better, but after a few days depending on how large the colony is, they're gone. I put the traps where the ants were coming in and watched them go.
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I had professional exterminator spray and also bought Raid and Home Defense, but unless I spray every wall and crack it didn't work. "I'm in SoCal and the ants here are insane! Terro is the only thing that worked. This product works really well! It doesn’t have a noticeable smell and all the liquid stays contained in the trap so there is really no clean up!" - Brenna Engstrand After two weeks I had about an 80% decrease in the amount of ants I was seeing in my kitchen. But that’s exactly what they are supposed to do! They all come and bring it back to the queen and then it kills the colony. They only seemed to be going for water! I couldn’t keep them out of my electric kettle! I started putting these traps in their path to the kettle and they SWARMED it! It was crazy to see how many ants were there. "Over the spring I had a massive ant problem in my kitchen. A see-through window makes it easy to monitor the bait level so you know when it’s time to replace the stake. I have several more unused ant traps just waiting for the little buggers to strike again!" - Pamela K. TERRO Outdoor Liquid Ant Bait Stakes feature eight durable stakes per box filled, for a total of 2 ounces of our liquid ant bait. NO MORE ANTS!!! This product is wonderful and cost-effective.
Since the old trap had dead ants in it, it didn't look very appetizing in the kitchen, so I replaced it with a new one. I put out the bait in the afternoon and the ants were disappearing in less than 24 hours. If I hadn't used it myself, I wouldn't believe it. Then I saw this product on Amazon and decided to give it a try. Having used several other products only to have the ants return, I was dreading the idea and expense of hiring professional pest control. "With the onset of really hot weather, the ants decided to try my kitchen as a refreshment counter.