Terro Liquid Ant Killer Baits(6 Bait Stations Net Contents 2.2fl.oz/0.36fl.oz)

for 30 years i've been battling indoor ants. they invade when it's hot (which is increasingly frequent in so cal) and when it rains (decreasingly frequent in so cal).in the past i used raid which works to stem an invasion for a few weeks from the sprayed entry point, but because there are so many entry points stopping entry from one entry point just leads my ants to find another entry point (which i then spray) and then they find another (which i spray) etc. after one or two weeks of my house smelling like raid, i'm good until the next major invasion. i finally decided to research a long-term solution.using google i found a borax solution does work to kill colonies. of course, neighboring ant colonies will eventually migrate so i knew this wouldn't be a permanent one-time solution, but with recurrent treatment i was hopeful this would minimize my recurrent ant invasions.i'm happy to report that it works for me. after 2 days of putting out this borax bait i had fewer ants (and none going anywhere other than the bait stations and back to their entry point). after 2 weeks i had no ants in my house. that was 4 and 1/2 months ago.twice (in those 4 months) there have been re-attempts to invade that were quickly stopped by refreshing (more on that below) the bait stations.to refresh the stations, i flush (with water) the used stations (that contain dead ants and congealed solution) and then add to the empty stations:13 parts water, 6 parts sugar and 1 part borax. for the sane part of the world that uses metric measurements, to re-fill 6 stations that's about:22cc water10cc sugar1.67cc boraxfor those of us cursed with the english system of measurements that's about:4 1/2 tsp water2 tsp sugar1/3 tsp boraxi couldn't be happier. (though i do feel a bit like bill murray battling gophers in caddyshack.)UPDATE: it's been almost 1 year since this purchase and i'm even happier now with this purchase. i've had several re-invasion attempts but there aren't as many ants invading and they are quickly lured and dispatched by refreshing the solution (whose formulation is above, 13 h20/6 sugar/1 borax). i've even designated my garage as off-limits for the ants and have treated it, too.

Update: 8/1/2018 We didn't have a single any in 3 months after using this bait. I think a neighbor has a quarterly spray service as there is a definite pattern to the ant attacks. Yesterday we had a sudden infestation of ants after being ant-free for 3 months. There were literally Hundreds of ants pouring into the house making tracks to the dog's food bowl. Thank goodness I ordered extras of these the first time & was able to get a few set out. I accidentally spilled some on the floor & you should have seen the ants run to the spill (see photo). I had spilled the first time & had a sticky mess so was worried about the wood floor this time. I had to leave the house for a few hours & upon my return saw the Entire spill had been eaten by the ants! Today I've seen maybe 5 ants in the same area that had hundreds yesterday. I'm going to place another order to have on hand for the next invasion (I'm guessing in 3 months when my neighbors have a spray service again. Btw, they pay nearly $200. per quarter for the spray. I paid under $5.00 for this pack of bait).5/20/2018 Our whole neighborhood had a massive ant invasion since last summer. I've used many products indoors & outdoors but was still killing dozens & dozens of ants every day. I used these & within 2 days all traces of ants are gone. It's been over a month since I put these down & have still not seen a single ant inside the house or garage. Warning, prepare yourself for the hundreds of ants that will make a trail coming & going to/from this bait. I put down 6 of these & was gobsmacked when just one of them had hundreds of ants filling up. I had placed it in an area where I thought the ants were entering the house. Nope. I learned the real entrance point & moved it to keep the ants from roaming. Do pay attention to your placement after you've placed these in case you have the same situation. My neighbors are paying hundreds of dollars to have pest control company come out to spray quarterly for ants. I payed 4.72 (was an add-on price) & am happier with my results than they are (as they have to be careful with their pets & children coming into contact with the spray).

My God... what have I done?No one expected the war to drag on through spring.... no one. But the Pharaoh Ants were able to send reinforcements to the front faster than we could destroy them. They took the kitchen two weeks ago, and we were losing ground in the living room by the hour. Conventional weapons failed us. Raid... Raid was supposed to be our vindicator. We drew a line in the...carpet. "THIS FAR, NO FURTHER!" we proclaimed triumphantly... yet still they advanced. All the spray did was was scatter them, and they regrouped stronger than before! Raid had betrayed us! We were desperate, we would have turned to any savior that presented itself.They left us no choice... they discovered our stockpile in the pantry. We were out of options! The casualties were staggering. The flour was decimated, and the cereal... well the cereal was... I'm sorry, it's still too difficult to talk about...THEY LEFT US NO CHOICE I TELL YOU.When our scientists came to us claiming they had a new weapon I was skeptical at first. They told me it could eliminate the problem once and for all. They swore that our feline allies would not be put in harm's way. They were giddy when they boasted the war would be over in a matter of days. I thought surely they exaggerate. Surely no weapon could be so thorough, yet so precise.But it was. Mothers, children, soldiers, scouts... the Terro Traps did not care; they destroyed the Ants indiscriminately. Entire Generations wiped from the face of the Earth. We killed them all. Every last one. At night I lie awake in bed and wonder if I made the right choice. I never even saw their bodies. It's so quiet now. I'm just alone with my thoughts.So quiet.