Customer Reviews for Advance Carpenter Ant Bait

Put out the bait in the evening and by morning it was gone. Repeated two days later. No ants now

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My order was handles quickly and professionally. I highly reccomend Do My Own and will continue to be a customer.

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I wish I could give this product 6 stars it worked that well. I live near a wooded area and have had issues with carpenter ants getting into the house in the summer months on and off over the years. It been difficult to solve the issue quickly and permanently with insect barriers around the house. In this instance, I located the area of ant activity outside my house. I think the nest was under an inaccessible section of decking at ground level which made pinpointing its location difficult. I spread a little of the product around this area. Activity stopped within 1-2 days outside and the ants completely disappeared inside as well soon thereafter.

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I love in an old wood home built in 1920's and since we moved in we get a crazy amount of carpenter ants. I bought borax in the past but that killed all my plants too. I'm thankful for this product. This advance carpenter ants bait really works. Ants are gone

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There are several carpenter ant sights on our lake property. After application, watched ants pick up pieces and go straight to their hole. Destroyed 75% of hills on property after first application. Very satisfied.

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BegoneI have a large decking system, and carpenter ants everywhere. This product was recommended by a friend. I tried it for about 3 weeks and it seemed like nothing was happening, then all of a sudden there were less and less ants everywhere. I would recommend this product, and try to have more patience than me.

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The only thing that eradicates ants, all ants, even Carpenter ants. Sprinkle on ant holes. Tomorrow that are gone. Follow instructions. Keep away from pets.

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This is second time I used ADVANCE carpenter ant bait for ants in house. It worked fine both times!

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Weekend immediately for multiple different ant problems. Bought the gel in case this didn't work, but never needed them. Had previously tried multiple products from the big box improvement stores and it didn't touch the ants.

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Have carpenter ants in the house and put this stuff around. Saw 2-3 of them just walk around it showing absolutely no interest. I had Terro lying around and thought I'd give it a try. Oddly enough they went for that instead as I heard sometimes they do not go for Terro. Not sure if they were just having a sweet tooth. The carpenter ants I had were reddish and black.

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Works great! Don't need very much for a good result.

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The bait does seem to work fairly well on carpenter and pharaoh ants. However, it doesn't affect fire ants all that much. I put some out along a long ant trail. The ants picked up a good bit, or at least I thought. About 1/3 was piled up under an umbrella holder. The ants disappeared for about three days. They are back in the same area and won't pick up much of any of the new bait I put out now.

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First of all, I just want to say I got my ant bait right away. The product was packaged very well and delivered promptly. The bait itself works great.

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Carpenter Ants desire this product. It takes a couple days,maybe several feedings it wipes out complete colonies. Had Oak tree's destroyed by carpenter ants. If you see one scout, many more are near by.

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I had ants all over my plants .. put this all around it two days later they are gone !! Magic !

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I've used all different products, but ants never disappeared. I put this bait outside of the house, and ants started bringing the most of this bait into their house. A few days later, I don't see any ants!

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This company was very helpful and honest... Happy with my purchase...

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So far this stuff works everytime in my area of North Central Texas. Put some out and they are gone in a couple of days.

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We had large black carpenter ants in the house on my balcony porch 30 ft high I used to bait as instructed with Max Force jell bait. Within days they were just an ant here and there in a month to 6 weeks not an ant anywhere. Now 6 months later not a sign of an ant anywhere in the house on the porch or in the hummingbird feeders. Using the two baits it was definitely a one-two punch one bait for sweet and one bait for protein it works.

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This is a review with a limited follow-up (2 weeks) but seems to be effective after the first application for carpenter ants.

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Found a sudden swarm of carpenter ants all around the kitchen. Found this product via google search; ordered it. Some confusion with supply chain issues - bait delayed, but no explanation why until I contacted customer service. Somewhat annoying. Anyway, got said product, followed instructions. Ants basically ignored product. Second swarm seen; called in an exterminator. Job done. Don't waste your money on this stuff.

  Expert response:
We apologize you did not achieve the intended results. Ants nutritional needs change so using a gel bait which is sugar/carb based along with the granules is recommended. We would welcome the opportunity to troubleshoot the application to help get you the results you need. Please contact us at your earliest convenience!

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Great product. Even on other ant species. Put it down as directed using bait holder and within 30 minutes it was full and could see them marching back to the nest with bait. Two days, no ants.

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Ants swarm to devour this products, thins out the herd. Good product.

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Product arrived fast and worked to eliminate ants in like two days.

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Advance appeals to the carpenter ants. There are practically no ants left, I only see a stray ant now. I've been doing this for a couple weeks, and re-filling the bait stations. Looks like a good product.

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Had an infestation of carpenter ants due to wet wood on my front porch. Applied some granules to the traffic area and within days the ant traffic ceased

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I'm in northern Michigan, in an area with little carpenter ant activity ( my yard is mostly wet/cool, very little sand), but with the Canada wild fires, I believe the carpenter ants are fleeing their normal areas and actively seeking new territory. My house is even Aluminum clad siding! Yes I know there is wood framing, so that's likely it. Even worse, I am putting my house on the market in 7 days and do NOT want a new buyer to be seeing these ants. Luckily I just noticed them while cleaning the garage last sunday. I immediately began seeking out literature - I'm in the real estate business so I know how important it is to get this remedied ASAP. Especially if anyone is going to do an inspection. I purchases the gel and bait and containers, they came today, I applied granular immediately and the gel afterwards both crevices and bait stations. I saw these carpenter ants come out within minutes, just 1-5 within 2 minutes, and they started grabbing the granules. I have not seen them go to the gel yet, but we'll see. I will report soon.

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bought this product once before and was really happy with the results. I did have to use it a couple times but they did all go away. I have 5 acres and they pop up at random spots so I keep an eye out for them and with in a few days they are gone. Thank you for being there for me...

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Saw ants carrying bait. Used in combination with Maxforce gel bait which I also observed ants eating and Taurus SC termicide. After spraying Taurus there was an instant reduction in ants over 24 hour period. Took no chances using a three pronged approach and ants seem to have been wiped out.

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Carpenter Ants were crunching away in my walls so loudly that I could hear them from the next room. It sounded like they were eating up the entire wall. I confirmed what they were (Google and my pest control guy). After researching, I found Advance Carpenter Ant Bait. The granules were easy to apply along the edge of my deck and around the deck where I saw the most ants. They readily picked up the bait and apparently carried it back into the walls where they had been chomping away for a couple of weeks. Overnight....seriously overnight.....the chomping stopped. They continued to come up onto the deck so I spent time (IMPORTANT: spend the time to watch them travel and you'll find their outdoor nest) following them and found a nest next to a small stump. I sprinkled the granules on top of some leaves over the nest and they immediately came BOILING out of the ground. The next day they were nowhere to be found and I haven't seen any since. I found a second nest over 30 feet from the first one by watching them go up a tree trunk over 20 ft high until I lost sight of them. There was a medium-sized dead limb that I assume they were nesting in---I didn't have a ladder. This colony wasn't as interested in the granules, so I purchased Maxforce FC Magnum gel (yes, it's advertised as a roach bait, not carpenter ant bait) but I purchased it because it contains way more Fipronil (plus what appears to be a couple of other chemicals---it gives the formulas----total 0.05%) than Maxforce Fleet (0.001% of just Fipronil). I'm not a chemist so don't hold me to the chemical makeup. I used this gel around the base of the tree plus small blobs (no bigger than a pencil eraser) along their path. They were gone in about 2 days. They looked like they were avoiding the gel and granules but apparently got enough of it on them or consumed enough to take care of the nest. I realize the Maxforce FC works in 2 ways---both by contact and ingestion---and I was afraid it might kill them before they made it back to the nest, but it worked! I also lightly sprinkled the Advance granules around the tree and deck, so the combination of the granules and gel is probably what did it. And you can buy just one tube of the FC vs several tubes of the Fleet. My pest control guy (they have a clause in their contract that states they don't cover termites or carpenter ants) said they either pay over $60 for an 8oz bottle of Advance, or they charge the customer $60 for every bottle they use. Bottom line: I paid $103 for two bottles of Advance granules (I have 1/2 of a bottle left over) and one tube of Maxforce FC (I have at least 3/4 of the tube left over. I don't see ANY ants after the final treatment approximately two weeks ago.

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