Ant Baiting Tips

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RECOMMENDED PRODUCTS AND TREATMENT

Baiting is the preferred treatment over typical residual spraying, so you can eliminate the entire colony. Argentine ants generate strong pheromone trails when foraging. They can be easily tracked. In many areas, you will see them pathing three and four abreast.

• Ant bait plates such as :
  
  Ant Bait Plates can keep the gel or dry granulated bait inside, may serve to keep the baits intact.

• 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.