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Apr 07, 2013 - 10:02 AM
Carpenter ants always come from outdoors. Even when they live indoors, they will travel outdoors to find food sources. Their favorite food source is aphids (a plant pest) and honeydew (which aphid secrete).
By placing the KM Ant Pro stations outdoors, you are giving them an attractive alternative food source. This is the secret behind the effectiveness of the system. By using nature's own resources (Gourmet Liquid Ant Bait) which contains a special combination of honey's and other ingredients, it mimicks honeydew which is what the carpenter ants are looking for.
So the answer to the question is yes, the carpenter ants will go outdoors and look for food sources. When they find the KM Ant Pro Stations with Gourmet Liquid Ant Bait, it usually (99%) of the time becomes their preferred food source. When they begin feeding it slowly kills them and causes the nest to go into a deep decline which normally stops the ants you see, and then when the workers are dead, the queens cannot feed themselves and die.
Be careful using any spray pesticides near or around Carpenter Ants. IT ALWAYS CAUSES PROBLEMS. Carpenter ants are repelled by most pesticides and will go into a division phase in which the colony divides into several new colonies. This is called "budding". You don't want several new carpenter ant nests to deal with.
Maxforce Carpenter Ant Gel is a good product, but has a relatively short lifespan. Usually less than a week. If the carpenter ants don't find it or don't feed within its lifespan, then its a wasted effort.
Advance Carpenter Ant Bait is another good product, but again, short lifespan and if the ants don't find it before it goes rancid, they won't eat it.
Most pest control companies will either spray and pray that they kill the ants, or drill holes in the walls and shoot insecticidal dusts into the walls hoping to kill the ants. This method is hit and miss. Either of these methods can cause "budding" if they use a repellent pesticide.
Other pest control companies will set you up on a regular service and spray every month hoping to kill as many of the workers as possible on each spray visit, also hoping to get a colony "decline" this way. This is an expensive approach, and usually with no set time limit or guarantee.
The KM Ant Pro Liquid Ant Bait Station and system is the best overall and long term solution to carpenter ants, that I have ever seen. This is what our customers say too. We have sold more than 80,000 stations with only a handful of returns.
I highly recommend the KM Ant Pro System and think that you will see success against carpenter ants for much less hassle and money. This is why many pest control companies are starting to use this system "as a service". They too see the advantages of baiting over spraying.
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Apr 07, 2013 - 08:58 PM
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Thanks for the info.I'm gonna try the KM Ant Pro solution and see how it goes. My only issue is where to put the trap. Aside from the few I see in my house each day, I can't seem to find where outside they are coming from. In fact, I don't see any outside at all and I've looked early in the morning and late at night. Last year I saw a ton crawling all over the fence in my back yard. I guess I'm just going to have to place on the side of the house where I'm seeing the ants, but it would really make me feel better if I knew it was where the ants would find it.
Thanks again,
Richard
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