Most treatment specialists use Advion. You can buy a 4 canister pack for about $30-40 on Amazon; just make sure its from a reputable seller and to read the reviews as there are a lot of fakes or people selling old stock. Youʻll notice a reduction in activity for most ants within 1 week and they will disappear in about 2-3 weeks.

If you have carpenter or pharoah ants or ants resistant to advion, pick up Maxforce Fleet

If you want to go the spray/treatment prevention route, buy a product called Taurus, which is a cheaper version of termidor and also what a lot of treatment specialists utilize when they overcharge you. Both are primarily utilized to treat termites but are effective against a large number of insect species, to include ants, roaches and centipedes. Make sure to follow the application instructions and only utilize outdoors.

If you want the "safer route", boric acid and sugar/honey if ants are in their sugar phase, boric acid blended with boiled or canned chicken if they are in their protein phase. Donʻt waste your time with borax as what youʻre after in borax is the sodium tetraborate, which a salt form of boric acid and significantly weaker and less effective than boric acid. If you canʻt find or donʻt want to buy it online, you can usually find boric acid at Ace Hardware as a roach and ant killer; just read the ingredients list to ensure that its 99% boric acid.

If you go the boric acid + sugar route, always dissolve both in hot water. If making the protein mix, you can blend or smash until well integrated as best as possible.

Most treatment specialists use Advion. You can buy a 4 canister pack for about $30-40 on Amazon; just make sure its from a reputable seller and to read the reviews as there are a lot of fakes or people selling old stock. Youʻll notice a reduction in activity for most ants within 1 week and they will disappear in about 2-3 weeks.

If you have carpenter or pharoah ants or ants , pick up Maxforce Fleet

If you want to go the spray/treatment prevention route, buy a product called Taurus, which is a cheaper version of termidor and also what a lot of treatment specialists utilize when they overcharge you. Both are primarily utilized to treat termites but are effective against a large number of insect species, to include ants. Make sure to follow the application instructions and only utilize outdoors.

If you want the "safer route", boric acid and sugar/honey if ants are in their sugar phase, boric acid blended with boiled or canned chicken if they are in their protein phase. Donʻt waste your time with borax as what youʻre after in borax is the sodium tetraborate, which a salt form of boric acid and significantly weaker and less effective than boric acid. If you canʻt find or donʻt want to buy it online, you can usually find boric acid at Ace Hardware as a roach and ant killer; just read the ingredients list to ensure that its 99% boric acid.

10-4 I ordered something like that thermidor from amazon... I made the paste yesterday with sugar and borax water. I found one of the nests I think there is multiple, ants are coming from different directions. DUMPED hot water down the nest.

10-4 I ordered something like that thermidor from amazon... I made the paste yesterday with sugar and borax water. I found one of the nests I think there is multiple, ants are coming from different directions. DUMPED hot water down the nest.

Stop pouring hot water down the nest as water doesnʻt usually reach the chamber the queen is in and may cause them to migrate into a worse location.

Redo the borax mixture by dissolving in hot water. Put the solution into a shallow container that they can readily access or soak cotton balls if in a covered area not exposed to a lot of wind or sunlight that will cause the balls to dry out.

If you have a termidor or taurus (fipronil), you can increase the effectiveness by baiting the ants out with food and lightly mist them directly; dont soak them. The ants will migrate back to and throughout the colony and spread the fipronil to the other ants, including and especially the queen.

I have a serious ant problem. Moved to Waimalu/Pearl city area. I clean, I wipe, I spray. I have two more options. Gonna try Atticus Talak and then if that doesn't work calling pest control. Getting tired of shooting them with the salt gun.



Does anyone have a cheaper solution before I go down that road of expensive pest control?

Identify the ant type as that helps. I had a problem with small red ants but they wouldn't go for poison like Terro which is sweet. I got a different poison which had a savory flavor and that worked. Depends where there nest is, whether you have pets, etc.

I just started running advion roach gel.
Now I got teeny tiny ants. Sigh....no can win.

I used to have termites. The ants moved in, no more termites. I rather have ants.

I've put a heavy amount of borax and sugar outside around the house where I seen the ants coming in. its slowed down. But The stuff I ordered from Amazon comes today hoping this comes to a stop... Thanks everyone for the help!!!! Amazing group of people here!!! Going to Kokohead Saturday 8am if anyone is going love to meet you