You could definitely use a dust like Delta Dust and puff it into the area around the outlets and wall voids to treat ants. Delta Dust will eliminate ants that cross over treated areas. That being said, ants can be very sensitive to synthetic pyrethroids like the active ingredient that is contained in Delta dust, and can avoid treated areas in some situations. It is helpful to use Delta dust to treat the ant nest directly to eliminate the colony or if that is not possible than to use the dust to treat all of the cracks or crevices where the ants are gaining access to the home. We also carry several products that are non-repellent to ants such as Alpine Dust, Phantom Aerosol and for outdoor use Termidor SC as well as several ant bait products which the ants pick up and carry back to the colony. Please read our Carpenter Ant guide here for more tips and information on how to treat these pests.
Yes, as the carpenter ants forage the bait in the Indoor / Outdoor Carpenter Ant Kit they will pick up the bait and take it back to feed the colony. Non-repellent products such as Termidor SC and Temprid Ready to Spray are undetectable by ants and other insects so they readily cross over treated surfaces. When the ants contact the surface the product sticks to their bodies, causing them to carry it back to the colony. Once the infected ants are back at the colony, they spread the product around through social interaction with the other ants, eventually leading to colony elimination. Over a few weeks, the colony will be eliminated.
