I am one of those jerks who relies on other people’s reviews, but hardly ever contribute any myself. I’ve decided to mend my ways and write reviews for products that are exceptionally good- and this is certainly one of those! I am only reviewing the Terro Ant Baits I purchased from Amazon, but I have bought other forms of the product elsewhere with the same EXCELLENT results.
Fortunately, we have never had a problem with ants getting into the house- probably because we have so much stuff that they absolutely LOVE outside of the house- berry bushes, fruit trees, a pond, and of course the irresistible food, water, and treats we have outside year-round for the neighborhood stray cats. We had a couple of unseasonably-warm Spring days last week, and sure enough, these pesky pests showed up and SWARMED on the cat treats and kibble. I searched the house for some Terro Ant Bait that I could have sworn we had left from last year, but alas, could not find any. Ants swarming on the bowls of cat food is disgusting, and something we simply don’t put up with any more. I wasn’t even willing to wait one day for a Prime delivery, so I set out looking for Terro in local stores. The first place I looked at didn’t have any in stock, and again- I was not willing to try a different brand, because the Terro works so well.
The very first time we tried it last year, my husband and I couldn’t help but ignore the instructions on the packaging that says ‘monitor activity but do not interfere with the ants or baits’ because it was strangely fascinating to watch… the packaging does say that the product is specially formulated so that it is not immediately lethal to the ants, but is designed for a delayed action that allows the worker ants to carry it back to the nest and feed the poison to their compadres. This is certainly true; it took several days, but we saw less and less ant activity as the days went on. However, some ants did die right away… the product we tried first was a clear station filled with clear liquid- ants enter the opening on one end, crawl in and grab some of sweet, thick, liquid, and leave through the same opening. Welp. We still aren’t sure what happened- whether some of the idiots over-indulged in the poison; or lost their senses, became overwhelmed and drowned in the liquid… but like I said, it was strangely fascinating to watch as many ants never made it out of the station alive, or else simply dropped dead a few short inches from the station. We did move the stations around several times after the initial placement, trying to get them closer to the trails, but that wasn’t necessary, as we learned after subsequent placements.
Anyway… I can’t say enough good things about this product. Every form it is sold in works exactly as intended- the lawn stakes placed at the holes in the ground where the ants emerge from, the clear stations placed along the wall, the liquid on a square of cardboard laid along the trails- all combined, turned into the perfect perimeter defense AND we are not the slightest bit worried that we are also poisoning our fruit, the neighborhood strays, our pond fish, nor any other local wildlife because we are not. As the title says, if you have been plagued by ants, and think you have tried everything- including the homemade borax-and-sweet-syrup-or-peanut-butter- then you haven’t tried Terro, because once you do, your ant problems will be gone for good!
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TERRO Liquid Ant Baits
Ants can be a problem anywhere – in the home, at work and everywhere in between. To kill common household ants, place TERRO Liquid Ant Killer in areas where you've seen ant activity. As the bait circulates through the colony, it kills the ants you see and the ones you don’t. Within a few days, you should see a significant decrease in the number of ants visiting the bait. Each 2 oz bottle offers plenty of power to eliminate your infestation. The more bait placements you use, the better!
How Liquid Ant Bait Works
Since this is a bait, initially you will see more ants – but don’t worry, this is a good thing. Why? As ants forage for food, they are quickly attracted to the sweet, sugary liquid. After finding the bait, worker ants consume it and leave behind a pheromone trail leading back to the colony. This trail lets other worker ants know where the newly discovered food supply is. This is why you will see more ants in the beginning.
Meanwhile, the active ingredient, Borax, is slowly interfering with the ant’s digestive system, ultimately eliminating it, but leaving enough time for the ant to go back and share the dose with the rest of the colony. This slow kill is necessary so that foraging ants can make several trips to the bait. The communal nature of an ant colony allows the bait to be spread to hundreds, if not thousands, of individual ants.
How to Use Liquid Ant Baits
TERRO Liquid Ant Killer is very easy to use. Before placing the ant killer, be sure to remove other sources of food, such as crumbs, sugar and grease spots to prevent attracting them elsewhere. Do not place where you’ve already sprayed insecticides, as the pests may avoid the ant killer.
- Tear the cardboard tiles from the packaging along the perforated lines. Then, apply drops of the liquid ant killer onto the smooth side of the tile. you may also substitute with small pieces of paper, cardboard or foil.
- Place the tiles on a flat surface near signs of ants. Place additional tiles anywhere they may enter your home.
- Monitor placements regularly, but do not interfere with the ants or bait. Add more liquid if it goes dry or simply add more tiles to ensure there's always a fresh supply for the ants. Depending on the size of the ant invasion, complete control may take up to 2-4 weeks.
- Once ants are controlled, replace the bait every 3 months to keep them from returning.
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| Model # | T300 | T334 | T1812 | T1806 | T200 |
| Bait Capacity | 0.36 fl oz per bait station | 0.12 fl oz per bait station | 0.25 fl oz per bait station | 1 fl oz per bait station | 2 fl oz |
| Placements | Flat surfaces only | Flat surfaces, vertical surfaces | Exterior, in ground | Exterior, on ground | Flat, interior surfaces only |
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Can be MESSY, but VERY effective when used correctly!
How you use this stuff is important.My abbreviated guidance: 1) More small puddles are better than one giant puddle of TERRO stuff 2) Don't kill, wipe up, or disturb the ants. Use their process to help your process. Find their trails. 3) Trust that this stuff works. 4) You want a good trap at SOURCE, plus a trap or two along their trail you can watch 5) If after you've given it a whirl, but you keep seeing ants, you didn't do your homework correctly. : ) 6) FIND the SOURCE and place your best trap there. 7) Use the stuff WISELY, not WILDLY!! About 30-40 drops of the stuff will kill HUNDREDS of ants!!Now... for a bit more verbose how-to:=================================Instructions on the package and in the product description here say to place drop puddles of the stuff for ants to come and FEED off... I agree with that.. But rather than making ONE GIANT puddle (the size of a coin, for instance, ~20-25mm 3/4" to 1"), I have found that it's much more effective to make MULTIPLE SMALL puddles (the size of a hole punch... 5-7mm or ~1/4 in" MAX) with that same distance between puddles... So instead of one big puddle, I'd fit in about 4 to 6 smaller ones in the same space... using less liquid but attracting more ants!When there's one giant puddle, you can only feed as many ants as can fit around its circumference; but with lots of little puddles, you can feed a whole lot more, because they arrange themselves around the circumference of every smaller puddle, and they eat a lot more efficiently. So... it takes less time for the TERRO to do its thing and get the stuff carried back to their nest.My recommendation is NOT to go wild stomping on or swooping in to wipe up ants when you find them... LEAVE THEM IN PLACE and find their trails. This stuff is effective, so they'll get "got", but if you interrupt their flow, you may never really know if you're placing your traps in reasonable places. So when you see ants, get a powerful flashlight and trace the ant trails back to a WALL or WINDOW or a HEAT VENT or a HOLE in the FLOOR... or wherever they gained entry.Ants are very intelligent and ingenious creatures. There is a logical order to how they got from your window to your desk or bed or table or whatever... but it might take some detective work on your part to find that trail. They often won't choose the straight line because they don't want to get steppped on and smashed. They know better. So they'll go around the edge, or maybe crawl up a table leg, even across the bottom of the table, then back down again at the other side if that's their best perceived route.Until you find the full trail, from ENTRY SOURCE to the final CRUMB COLLECTION they're nibbling on, you won't be able to trap them so well along the way. Be patient and mimic their process. I've even gone so far as to take a couple extra days to even start "killing them" because I can't find how they're getting from one place to another. So I might lay white paper down on top of carpet or dark-tile floor to let them use it as a "freeway" and speed their transit so I can better find and see their trail! Then, once I have a better idea how they got from one place to another seeming illogical place I found them... I set about to trapping them and poisoning this little freeway trail I just laid for them.We also don't use the little cardboard squares; we use post-it notes with the non-stick edge folder up as a little handle to lift it back up after all is finished. Just be careful not to place puddles too near the edges (of cardboard or post-it notes). Else, you may have some difficulty cleaning up the sticky stuff left over when the ants finish up.Then plan to place your traps at each end, and a couple test places along the trail, so you get them all. Concentrate the best collection of puddles of the stuff as near as possible to the ENTRY point. Sometimes that may take a few days to get right. But once you think you've found their ENTRY point, and have placed the puddle trap... keep an eye on it every day, and drip a few more drops on if they eat it all up.This stuff WORKs, and it WORKS WELL and fairly QUICKLY. (I've never had it take the two weeks it says to wait... Usually the way we do it, leaving three or four post-its by the discovered point of entry and several feet apart along their favorite trail... it's all over within 3-4 days or so, max)I really kind of hate to have to poison these super intelligent creatures. But I also don't like them taking over my living space, if one of us does something stupid like drop crumbs or sticky sweets somewhere, and the ants show up and illuminate our folly. So, I have to resort to TERRO to take back my space, and then educate the offending crumb-dropper to try and ensure it doesn't happen again.Still, tho, I'm always fascinated by their persistence and drive to survive! : )
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Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2023
My abbreviated guidance:
1) More small puddles are better than one giant puddle of TERRO stuff
2) Don't kill, wipe up, or disturb the ants. Use their process to help your process. Find their trails.
3) Trust that this stuff works.
4) You want a good trap at SOURCE, plus a trap or two along their trail you can watch
5) If after you've given it a whirl, but you keep seeing ants, you didn't do your homework correctly. : )
6) FIND the SOURCE and place your best trap there.
7) Use the stuff WISELY, not WILDLY!! About 30-40 drops of the stuff will kill HUNDREDS of ants!!
Now... for a bit more verbose how-to:
=================================
Instructions on the package and in the product description here say to place drop puddles of the stuff for ants to come and FEED off... I agree with that.. But rather than making ONE GIANT puddle (the size of a coin, for instance, ~20-25mm 3/4" to 1"), I have found that it's much more effective to make MULTIPLE SMALL puddles (the size of a hole punch... 5-7mm or ~1/4 in" MAX) with that same distance between puddles... So instead of one big puddle, I'd fit in about 4 to 6 smaller ones in the same space... using less liquid but attracting more ants!
When there's one giant puddle, you can only feed as many ants as can fit around its circumference; but with lots of little puddles, you can feed a whole lot more, because they arrange themselves around the circumference of every smaller puddle, and they eat a lot more efficiently. So... it takes less time for the TERRO to do its thing and get the stuff carried back to their nest.
My recommendation is NOT to go wild stomping on or swooping in to wipe up ants when you find them... LEAVE THEM IN PLACE and find their trails. This stuff is effective, so they'll get "got", but if you interrupt their flow, you may never really know if you're placing your traps in reasonable places. So when you see ants, get a powerful flashlight and trace the ant trails back to a WALL or WINDOW or a HEAT VENT or a HOLE in the FLOOR... or wherever they gained entry.
Ants are very intelligent and ingenious creatures. There is a logical order to how they got from your window to your desk or bed or table or whatever... but it might take some detective work on your part to find that trail. They often won't choose the straight line because they don't want to get steppped on and smashed. They know better. So they'll go around the edge, or maybe crawl up a table leg, even across the bottom of the table, then back down again at the other side if that's their best perceived route.
Until you find the full trail, from ENTRY SOURCE to the final CRUMB COLLECTION they're nibbling on, you won't be able to trap them so well along the way. Be patient and mimic their process. I've even gone so far as to take a couple extra days to even start "killing them" because I can't find how they're getting from one place to another. So I might lay white paper down on top of carpet or dark-tile floor to let them use it as a "freeway" and speed their transit so I can better find and see their trail! Then, once I have a better idea how they got from one place to another seeming illogical place I found them... I set about to trapping them and poisoning this little freeway trail I just laid for them.
We also don't use the little cardboard squares; we use post-it notes with the non-stick edge folder up as a little handle to lift it back up after all is finished. Just be careful not to place puddles too near the edges (of cardboard or post-it notes). Else, you may have some difficulty cleaning up the sticky stuff left over when the ants finish up.
Then plan to place your traps at each end, and a couple test places along the trail, so you get them all. Concentrate the best collection of puddles of the stuff as near as possible to the ENTRY point. Sometimes that may take a few days to get right. But once you think you've found their ENTRY point, and have placed the puddle trap... keep an eye on it every day, and drip a few more drops on if they eat it all up.
This stuff WORKs, and it WORKS WELL and fairly QUICKLY. (I've never had it take the two weeks it says to wait... Usually the way we do it, leaving three or four post-its by the discovered point of entry and several feet apart along their favorite trail... it's all over within 3-4 days or so, max)
I really kind of hate to have to poison these super intelligent creatures. But I also don't like them taking over my living space, if one of us does something stupid like drop crumbs or sticky sweets somewhere, and the ants show up and illuminate our folly. So, I have to resort to TERRO to take back my space, and then educate the offending crumb-dropper to try and ensure it doesn't happen again.
Still, tho, I'm always fascinated by their persistence and drive to survive! : )
Can be MESSY, but VERY effective when used correctly!
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2023
How you use this stuff is important.Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2023
My abbreviated guidance:
1) More small puddles are better than one giant puddle of TERRO stuff
2) Don't kill, wipe up, or disturb the ants. Use their process to help your process. Find their trails.
3) Trust that this stuff works.
4) You want a good trap at SOURCE, plus a trap or two along their trail you can watch
5) If after you've given it a whirl, but you keep seeing ants, you didn't do your homework correctly. : )
6) FIND the SOURCE and place your best trap there.
7) Use the stuff WISELY, not WILDLY!! About 30-40 drops of the stuff will kill HUNDREDS of ants!!
Now... for a bit more verbose how-to:
=================================
Instructions on the package and in the product description here say to place drop puddles of the stuff for ants to come and FEED off... I agree with that.. But rather than making ONE GIANT puddle (the size of a coin, for instance, ~20-25mm 3/4" to 1"), I have found that it's much more effective to make MULTIPLE SMALL puddles (the size of a hole punch... 5-7mm or ~1/4 in" MAX) with that same distance between puddles... So instead of one big puddle, I'd fit in about 4 to 6 smaller ones in the same space... using less liquid but attracting more ants!
When there's one giant puddle, you can only feed as many ants as can fit around its circumference; but with lots of little puddles, you can feed a whole lot more, because they arrange themselves around the circumference of every smaller puddle, and they eat a lot more efficiently. So... it takes less time for the TERRO to do its thing and get the stuff carried back to their nest.
My recommendation is NOT to go wild stomping on or swooping in to wipe up ants when you find them... LEAVE THEM IN PLACE and find their trails. This stuff is effective, so they'll get "got", but if you interrupt their flow, you may never really know if you're placing your traps in reasonable places. So when you see ants, get a powerful flashlight and trace the ant trails back to a WALL or WINDOW or a HEAT VENT or a HOLE in the FLOOR... or wherever they gained entry.
Ants are very intelligent and ingenious creatures. There is a logical order to how they got from your window to your desk or bed or table or whatever... but it might take some detective work on your part to find that trail. They often won't choose the straight line because they don't want to get steppped on and smashed. They know better. So they'll go around the edge, or maybe crawl up a table leg, even across the bottom of the table, then back down again at the other side if that's their best perceived route.
Until you find the full trail, from ENTRY SOURCE to the final CRUMB COLLECTION they're nibbling on, you won't be able to trap them so well along the way. Be patient and mimic their process. I've even gone so far as to take a couple extra days to even start "killing them" because I can't find how they're getting from one place to another. So I might lay white paper down on top of carpet or dark-tile floor to let them use it as a "freeway" and speed their transit so I can better find and see their trail! Then, once I have a better idea how they got from one place to another seeming illogical place I found them... I set about to trapping them and poisoning this little freeway trail I just laid for them.
We also don't use the little cardboard squares; we use post-it notes with the non-stick edge folder up as a little handle to lift it back up after all is finished. Just be careful not to place puddles too near the edges (of cardboard or post-it notes). Else, you may have some difficulty cleaning up the sticky stuff left over when the ants finish up.
Then plan to place your traps at each end, and a couple test places along the trail, so you get them all. Concentrate the best collection of puddles of the stuff as near as possible to the ENTRY point. Sometimes that may take a few days to get right. But once you think you've found their ENTRY point, and have placed the puddle trap... keep an eye on it every day, and drip a few more drops on if they eat it all up.
This stuff WORKs, and it WORKS WELL and fairly QUICKLY. (I've never had it take the two weeks it says to wait... Usually the way we do it, leaving three or four post-its by the discovered point of entry and several feet apart along their favorite trail... it's all over within 3-4 days or so, max)
I really kind of hate to have to poison these super intelligent creatures. But I also don't like them taking over my living space, if one of us does something stupid like drop crumbs or sticky sweets somewhere, and the ants show up and illuminate our folly. So, I have to resort to TERRO to take back my space, and then educate the offending crumb-dropper to try and ensure it doesn't happen again.
Still, tho, I'm always fascinated by their persistence and drive to survive! : )
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Cheryl
Actually great, wiped out the ant nest in 3 days
Reviewed in Singapore on February 3, 2023
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Very effective product
Reviewed in Singapore on September 9, 2023
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Reviewed in Singapore on September 9, 2023
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