Baits are particularly effective on social insects such as ants and termites, because these pests collect food and share it with their colony.

Because of this food-sharing ability, slow-acting insecticide baits such as the recommended ones listed below are best for controlling ants, so the ant carrying it does not die before it returns to the colony.

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  Optigard Ant Bait Gel
  

  The powerful, slow acting non repellent active ingredient, thiamethoxam in Optigard ant gel knocks out workers, brood and queens. Also, Optigard Ant Gel Bait provides a longer window of palatability so, as it ages, ants will continue to feed on the bait without any loss of attraction.

  
  Independent field tests conducted in 2006 against Argentine ants determined Optigard Ant Gel Bait killed 97% of workers and 100% of queens in just three days. By comparison, competitive products registered zero queen mortality.

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  ADVANCE DUAL CHOICE ANT BAIT STATIONS
  Provides both the protein and sugar feeding requirements for the smaller ants-Inside Use




• MAXFORCE ANT BAIT STATIONS
  Provides the protein or grease feeding requirements for the smaller ants-Inside Use



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  MAXFORCE GRANULARS
  Provides the protein or grease feeding requirements for the smaller ants-Inside or Outside Use



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  MAXFORCE FIRE ANT BAIT
  Specially designed for fire ants. Outside Use



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  ADVANCE 375 A CARPENTER ANT BAIT
  Provides the protein or grease feeding requirements for the smaller ants or the larger carpenter ants-Inside or Outside Use



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  MAXFORCE ANT GEL BAIT
  Provides the sugar feeding requirements for a large variety of ants-Inside or Outside Use



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  ADVANCE LIQUID ANT BAIT
  Provides the sugar feeding requirements for a large variety of ants-Inside or Outside Use



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  MAXFORCE CARPENTER ANT GEL
  Provides the sugar feeding requirements for the larger Carpenter ants-Inside or Outside Use




• Revenge Ant Bait
  Provides the sugar feeding requirements for the smaller ants-Inside or Outside Use

• The use of outdoor bait stations such as the Bait Station Plates  will preserve and protect baits.
• Remove competitive food sources. Baits are less effective in areas with abundant food sources that serve as a rival food source like : dumpsters, chicken houses, pet's feeding dishes, trash cans, etc. Another type of bait competition comes from aphids and scale insects producing honey dew outside. If you do notice mold like substance on your perimeter plants (treat the ornamentals with an appropriate labeled product like Liquid Seven.
• Use fresh bait, once the container is opened it needs to be used within 6 months to 1 year.It not, it becomes stale and unacceptable to the ants, not having a good acceptance.
• Do not use insecitcidal sprays or dusts before or during baiting treatment. Contact or a residual insecticide applied some time prior to treatment or during the baiting treatments, sets a hostile environment, suppressing foraging activity from the foraging ants.
• Baits are most effective when temperatures are above 70F. If daytime temperatures are in the 90's a nighttime application may be more effective. Placing a small amount of bait or other food (potato chips) close to a mound will determine if ants are there, ready to forage for food within 30 minutes if conditions are favorable.
• Do not use baits on wet surfaces such as grass with dew. This will make the bait less desirable to the ants --- remember the ants perceive the baits as a potential food source.
• Broadcasting baits is normally more effective in reducing fire ant populations than mound treatments. Broadcasting is more economical and less labor intensive than individual mound treatments in areas with more than 40 mounds per acre.
• Be very thorough when baiting. If at all possible locate possible entry points, Don't forget the baiting outside as well.
• IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO REMOVE ANY OTHER FOOD COMPETITION WHEN BAITING AND LEAVE THE BAIT ALONE ONCE THE ANTS START FEEDING ON IT.