Mark writes
I can't get rid of ants in the kitchen by the sink. They are tiny fast moving, but I keep spraying Talstar there and behind the oven. I don't know where they are coming from. Everything else has been fine. Can you tell me what to do?
Talstar is great for 99% of bugs that might enter your home, but ants are especially difficult to get rid of. This is because an ant colony can reproduce new ants almost faster than you can kill them. Talstar will only kill the ants it touches. The key though to ant removal is eliminating the nest. Most of the time you have no idea where the nest is. So, you have to use a product that will not kill the ants right away so they will take it back to the colony and spread it around, eliminating the source. This is where ant baits come in. Ant baits are a food source that the ants in your kitchen will eat and take back to the colony. It will not kill them right away. This is the only true way to eliminate your ant problem is to kill them at the source. If you do not kill the colony, you will continue to battle them all summer. One important note is you need to stop spraying the Talstar until you get some ant bait, and do not spray until after your ants are gone. If you continue to spray the Talstar, the ants will die before they get back to the colony with the bait. Our most popular ant elimination product is our complete ant kit. It comes with an ant granular bait to apply outside around the house, and a gel bait to apply in your kitchen. It has a very high success rate and is our most popular ant kit.
Answer last updated on: 06/02/2010
