Hot Shot MaxAttrax Ant Bait, 0.07 oz Bait Stations, 4 Count, 12 Pack

Hot Shot ant baits are my go-to for getting rid of ant invasions. The baits are so simple to use. Just break the bait house off from the set of 2 and place it or them in the line of the ants or where you believe they might be coming in to your house. I like to place them where children and pets can’t get to them because they smell like peanut butter which is what attracts the ants, but I don’t want them to be a temptation. The housing for the bait allows you to handling them without touching the bait itself which makes them much safer than using liquids. I feel safe placing them on the edges of counter tops if there are no children in the house. They can be placed further in to keep them out of reach if needed. Ants are drawn to the peanut butter and take it back to the nest and it kills the colony. If I have a heavy infestation it can take a couple of days to be fully effective but if I catch them right away I can stop an infestation from starting. During a very hot, dry period my sister had a huge infestation that was coming into her home looking for water and then food. This even though her husband was spraying ant and spider spray all around the exterior of their home. Ants are persistent when they need water. Ants were not only all over their kitchen island they were also coming up drain pipes under their home and swarming the bathroom sinks and tubs and into their laundry room. We placed bait traps behind trash cans, between the washing machine and the wall and just under the open bag of dog food. In one day the ants in the bathrooms and laundry room were gone. In the kitchen simply sprayed a bleach and water combo on the counters once a day and wiped them dry so the ant tracks hauling away the poison were eliminated in seconds with no residual. Please keep in mind that Lysol products have to sit on counter tops etc for 15 minutes to kill germs and poison ant tracks where a mix of 1/4 cup bleach to 6 cups of water kill everything on contact and leave no residue. That’s my public service bit. lol Bottom Line: This is a fabulous product and you should try it. If you’re infested with ants give the traps a couple of days to work but if the ants are just starting to appear, one day should do the trick. Leave the baits in place to catch the stragglers.

These work well. O have purchased them fir the last 2 years. I put them out every summer. Ants tend to come inside as the weather gets hotter. I put these out anywhere I see ants. They crawel in and out....then they are gone...no more ants!

I have used this product many times before and my spring ant issues always disappeared. This time however the squirrels tore apart every little trap the first night they were out. This has NEVER happened before. A day after they ate the ant traps I have had 2 squirrels die in my yard also for the first time ever. Maybe some new ingredients attract the squirrels but I will never put them outside on the porch again

Take control of ants quickly with Hot Shot MaxAttrax Ant Bait. This 8-count set features child-resistant stations that attract ants and eliminate them at the source. Simply place along ant trails indoors or outdoors and watch them disappear over time. Pros: Easy setup, child-resistant, discreet, effective on common ants Cons: May take longer for certain ant species Bottom Line: A convenient, reliable solution for indoor and outdoor ant control — perfect for homeowners looking for fast, low-hassle results.

Made absolutely no difference in the amount of ants or spread of ants to farther areas of my kitchen. Ants were initially only on the counters after several days' worth of spring rain. Now they are on the floor near our pet bowls in two separate location as well, even with these disks right next to the bowls and on the counter. I have NEVER seen any of the ants enter the disk. We currently have smaller sized ants that seem to have a tougher exoskeleton. They remind me of fleas in the fact that they are hard to kill. You can't just thump them and then they're dead. You kind of have to twist while squashing them. These baits are useless.

Not sure these are doing the job, still see some ants around, but worth a try for the price, I guess. Says they can go indoor and outdoor, but the ones I put just outside the door, on the steps, seem to have attracted some kind of animal that chewed through them, so outdoors seems like it will only work if they can be put in an area where anything larger than a bug can't get to them. Hard to tell if they are still going strong or need to be replaced with the indoor ones, since they're not transparent. Easy to use indoors, but cats will try to play with them... so again, need to be in a cat-inaccessible location. I would assume dogs would do this, too.

We started seeing those tiny black ants in our kitchen, here and there. They would be in random places on the floor, on our counter tops, and on top of the dishwasher door. But in not in the cupboards or anywhere else. Sprayed peppermint oil/water and they would disappear for a day and be right back. Same thing with vinegar/water. These smells repel them, but they don't kill them. There was never a trail, so we couldn't figure out where they were coming from. Finally broke down and looked for an ant trap and decided on these. It says to put ONE out, but I missed that part and set them all out. Left the kitchen and came back later, and there was a trail of ants coming from under our dishwasher over to one of the bait traps. It says to leave them alone and they will take the bait back to their home and it will kill them all. It was hard to leave a trail of ants on the kitchen floor, but we did and the very next day, there were NO ants anywhere, and there haven't been any since. That was several weeks ago. Since the traps last for 6 months out of the package, I left one underneath a counter and one under the fridge, just in case. I wish we had done this sooner instead of spraying smelly liquids all over the place. This was easy, cheap, and it worked. I recommend these. You just have to be patient and let the ants come to the trap, leave them alone, and let them take the bait home. No more ants. It worked for us.

It works! I was looking for an effective ant bait. After comparing different brands, reviews, and prices, I decided to try Hot Shot MaxAttrax. I used these baits immediately after receiving them, which was a very simple process. A ton of ants started to attack them only within the first couple hours. Regarding the reviews that say the baits don't work, I think those customers received either expired or spoiled baits. So, I highly recommend this product.

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