Customer Reviews for Indoor Carpenter Ant Bait Kit

Didn't know how much of a carpenter ant problem we had until we used this kit. Within 12 hours we started sweeping up dead ants. The liquid gel seems to work best for us.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

I purchased the Indoor Carpenter Ant Bait Kit. The carpenter ants were attracted to the gel bait but would make a wide circle to avoid the granules. Maybe at this point in time they were only interested in a sweet food. The ants avoided either bait in the plastic trays. If I put the gel on both the outer edge of the tray and inside the tray the ants would enter the plastic tray and eat the gel bait. If the gel was only inside the tray they would not enter the tray. The ants seem to be gone. I still see another dead one now and then but no more live ones. I hope those are just stragglers, not a new group starting over. I tried the granules with random ants in the yard and they were interested and those little hills disappeared. So the granules did kill ants - the carpenter ants did not consume it but I think it would have killed them, too. The customer service rep was very helpful. I would buy from DoMyOwn again but probably not this particular kit. I would try to research if carpenter ants are more likely to eat sweet or protein bait based on time of year or something like that and go with one bait or the other. So no stars for the trays (though I like the idea of the trays), 5 stars for the gel because it seemed to work, and 3 stars for the granules because it killed other ants.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

and it dried up over the course of 48 hours. I haven't used the powder or the baiting stations yet but I'm hoping for a better result. I'll try to update the rating if it works.

  Expert response:
Thank you for taking the time to review this product. This kit intentionally provides two different baits containing different formulations and active ingredients for indoor baiting to increase bait acceptance and efficacy. Due to the needs of the colony constantly changing, there are times when ants are foraging for sugar only, which is contained in the gel bait, and are sometimes foraging for protein only, which is contained in the granular bait. The purpose of the bait plate stations in this kit is that it allows you to apply and monitor both baits simultaneously, so that the ants you are targeting have an option between sugar and protein baits.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

This got rid of my carpenter ants (Central Jersey). Used the gel only.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Advance Carpenter Ant bait definitely helped get rid of the ants, along with a secondary use of carpenter ant spray for the perimeter after the bait was used. But the bait attracts chipmunks which eat the bait left in small piles without killing them and they make their homes there , so now I have a major problem with chipmunk invasion with many holes undermining my foundation and have tried all available repellants which are only temporary solutions and none of the kill traps work. At least the ants are gone, but if you use this bait make sure to spread it around rather than leaving small piles and maybe use a rodent repellant at the same time . Even the trays are decimated by these rodent terrorists in cute furry disguise.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

I had carpenter ants in my log home. After watching a couple of YouTube videos about using the ant gel I placed the gel (as directed) along their path. Within 2 days we had hundreds of dead ants. We will treat the areas a once or twice more (per the videos) to assure we are ant free. In the meantime I had a pest control company to the house. I was told that Avion is the best product for any type of ant and to continue the course I was on. Obviously, I'm very pleased with the product.

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Easy and effective treatment. Would highly recommend.

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I Used a spray from box store with limited results. This bait kit they fed hard on for a few days and 4 days later was the last one I saw. Its been a week after that and have not seen any. They seemed to like the gel bait more but overall the kit saved me alot of money. An exterminator would have been next.

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I have used Do your own products for Carpenter ants, Carpenter bees, termites, brick bees. DYO has led me to the right products, and all have worked as advertised.

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Total fumes, product works but the fumes were picked up by my wife.

  Expert response:
Good afternoon, When applying any product all residents and pets should be removed from the area until application is completed and product has dried. Products should dry in a few hours & the smell should go away within that time frame as well. We would recommend opening windows & turning on the fan to help the smell go away quicker.Please let us know if we may be of further assistance. Best Regards,

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