Advion Insect Granular Bait, 1-lb. Shaker Bottle, Effective Insect Granular Bait, Formulated with 0.22% Indoxacarb, Outdoor Use, for Control of Prevailing Perimeter Pests

Within 10 seconds of putting the bait down (I had a trail of fire ants in my house (yikes!) an ant picked up a granule. They didn't "swarm" the bait, but I did notice over the ensuing days, the little pile of granules getting smaller and smaller. It took a solid week, but eventually the ants went away, AND all the ant hills in my front yard died about a week later, too. So....apparently, they brought the bait from inside my house, to the piles outside, which were all one big colony. For good measure, I sprinkled my front and back yard lightly with the granules.My cat was absolutely repelled by the odor, (though it has no discernable smell to my nose) so safe around cats. Birds apparently dislike it as much as cats. I usually throw birdseed down in my backyard to feed the Cardinals, but after applying the Advion, the birds wouldn't go anywhere near the seed. I bought a bird feeder hung from a tree, and they eat that with gusto. So, it appears that cats and birds are repelled by Advion which is a very good thing! I tested it on my neighbor's dog, just holding the lid about 3 feet from her nose, caused her to retreat in fear. Still, keep out of reach of pets, just to be safe, and away from children of course.I bought these refillable ant bait stations, and put them at inaccessible locations around my house. If ever a red fire ant decides to go scouting for food, it will alert the whole colony to those baits.My verdict, this is BY FAR, the best fire ant poison on the market. The ants love it, and it takes about a week to kill the ants, that long delay allows the poison to be spread deep within the colony. It's not a quick fix, it's PERMANENT fix!

very effective product to deal with pesky ants.Ease of use:easy to useEffectiveness:Highly effective

Worked wonders ! Will be keeping this in stock

Perfecto al usarlo desapareció el problema en casa de las molestas cucarachs

First, I hate fire ants. Second, I'm in central Texas, so they're everywhere! In the past, we used the powder to sprinkle on the ant hills, until they started popping up inside the house this summer. We placed the little ant bait things everywhere, but couldn't keep up. So, I bought this after seeing a recommendation by NYT Wirecutter.I didn't think this small amount would last long, but they're small pellets, like cut up spaghetti, and they work wonderfully. Just sprinkle on ant hills, or wherever you see a colony, and watch them carry the pellets away. Later that day, no ants were in the room where we sprinkled these.With that being said, if you're using this indoors, make sue no animals or people get to them. We put a small amount where the ants were coming in and closed off the room. Later, when the ants were gone, we wiped the area down with spray cleaner to get rid of any residue and eliminate the ant scent trails. Then we sealed up the corner to hopefully prevent anything in the future.Also, when using it outside, be sure to consider other wildlife. I've made sure to not use this anywhere near our bird feeders, and to only use a small amount that the ants carry away within minutes. That way a bird won't mistake it for seed and get sick or die. I also don't feel the need to keep my entire yard bug free. Just enough to keep the fire ants from setting up shop in my house or around my patio. Just, please use responsibily!!

Completely uninterested.

First, it's not fresh. Package is already 2 years old when you get it, and it has a limited shelf life. But it works. Anyway, beware if your yard and home is invaded by tiny raspberry or darker-colored Crazy Ants. They are recognized by their zig-zaggy foraging and scouting movement. They find the tiniest opening in our brick home mortar and make nests, and scouts end up inside the house. What's worse is that if a colony suffers the loss of the queen, any one of them, male or female, can biologically morph into a queen. In addition, regarding baits, they go through different cycles in which the seek either sweet food or proteins. And you don't know when they do so. They have been a nightmare for us for well over a decade. Big box store bait brands did not work. So I've been spraying their columns for all this time on a nearly daily schedule (I'm retired) with pesticides and doing a lot of damage to their numbers. Yet it takes only one to survive. I finally bought Advion bait, spread a little around their path, and within literally minutes, I saw one carrying a granule up the brick wall. In addition, I found they cannot stand Permethrin powder. It repels them. I will seek it in a spray solution and soak my brick walls and perimeter soil after seeing what Advion does first.