BASF Advance Carpenter Ant Bait Granules, Ready to Use Indoor or Outdoor, Attracts and Controls Ants, 8 oz

This bait really works for carpenter ants! I fear these little pests because they can do so much structural damage to your home. There are different varieties of these ants and are often mistaken for fire ants. I found a trail of them along the side of my house and cedar fence. I could not see where they were coming from nor where they were going. I was afraid they would enter the weep holes of my bricks. I tried the liquid spray from the big box store nearby which worked when sprayed directly on the ants. They also avoided sprayed areas until the next rain would wash the poison away and they were right back to their business. Following the directions on the container, I sprinkled the ADVANCE poison and watched the carpenter ants go nuts for the stuff! They immediately grabbed the granules - it even seemed as if they were fighting to get them - and began carrying them away. The next day - no ants! I was amazed. I also put some on a fire ant mound, and unfortunately, it did not kill them. The bait was gone the next day but the fire ants were still very much alive and active. I'm not worried about the fire ants - they're a nuisance but my Ortho Max works fine on them - it was the carpenter ants that had my concern. This did the trick and will now be a standard part of my arsenal.

Had a bad ant problem! We thought they were carpenter ants, and tried two other products before this one. The others had carpenter listed, and were a bit cheaper, so we tried them. Ok… can I just say, bite the bullet and give this a go!? IT WORKS! That’s what matters!! The ants went nuts for this stuff and carried it all off! They were still busy the next day so I sprinkled a little more, and they grabbed all that too. Next day - no ants! 😳 We found some in another location, and did the same thing.. two days in a row, and sure enough no more ants! Hallelujah! Was so grateful for a product that actually worked!

I sprinkled this in 3 areas where carpenter ants were coming out of walls. I watched quite a bit to see if ants would pick granules up and take back to nest. I never saw ants take any interest in granules. After a couple of weeks I reapplied granules. As the days went on there were less and less ants. Maybe they finally started eating the granules. It has been a couple months now since I have seen a carpenter ant. So maybe they got hungry and started eating this when I wasn't looking. Four stars because I never saw them pick up a piece.

After battling carpenter ants unsuccessfully, I put down these granules around the house and in key locations inside the house (in an area inaccessible to pets). It worked! No more ants.Five stars, would buy again.

The media could not be loaded. I have high hopes for this product. Nothing has been staving off these carpenter ants. Some have been coming into my home and i just can not have that. Today is day one. They are carrying it off but to where? I don't have any Idea.. once they pick up the granual, it's like they become stupid and forget which way home is. Fingers crossed this works. Mehama, Oregon

Worked starting from day 1. I spotted the crack where the ants travel in and out. (I actually already had Terro's sugar water + boric acid. I actually noticed five ants hanging out there.) I put probably 10 granules with my finger at first, and about half a dozen ants came out the best to bring the bait back. I then went ahead and sprinkled, maybe around 50 granules, and I find a bunch of drunken/dead ants the next morning. At this point, I'll wait to see if the queen dies or lives and gives birth to another population and update my posting then.A follow up - a week later, a major swarming was triggered, and my house was full of ants with ants. I assume this is built into their gene to make a last ditch effort to create new colony when existing one is facing inevitable doom. However, most of the winged ants seemed drunk too, and no new colony is established in my home. After the swarming, I have never seen another ant again. Clearly the queen has died, and the colony is gone.The only down side is that I only used a small amount of the pellet, and still have a lot left. I just sprinkle some in the area between my garden and my house periodically.

Our carpenter ants are entirely uninterested in this "bait". Advion gel, however, they cannot get enough of that stuff. Year after year it is effective...until the next Spring. I am concerned the colonies may evolve a tolerance for the Advion, which is why I purchased this product, to alternate which poison we use each year. But if the ants don't see it as food, it won't work.

Seems to work