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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

How To Eliminate Ants In Your Home

Got ants?
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  I live in the desert of New Mexico and we have ants everywhere in the summer. They are outside and also inside the walls of many peoples homes.  My husband says that our house was built on an ant hill. I used to use ant preventive sprays but not anymore. As bug sprays just kill the ants that you see or prevent them from coming out in that area. Sprays typically have chemicals in it that just kills the ants in that area and I have found that the ants usually find another place to enter the house. I have had ants enter my house through electrical outlets. Ant sprays also leave chemicals in the air that are dangerous to breathe while spraying them. I now use a product that kills the ants and their hives. I use a product that the ants eat and take back to the hive to kill the other ants, including the queen.




  Two years ago, I discovered a great product that works awesome in taking care of my ant problem. Combat makes a great product called Source Kill Max and I can say it works great. This easy to apply gel comes in a syringe-like tube and has a resealable cap on it so you can get many uses out of it. I received this product for a Review two years ago and thankfully there was still product left in the tube for me to use tonight. 




 Unlike sprays that kill only the ants you can see, Combat Source Kill Max has a fast-acting active ingredient that's speed is still slow enough for the ants to ingest it and take it back to the colony to feed to all the ants including the queen. Since Combat is a gel, you don't have to worry about breathing in toxic chemicals. This ant gel kills the entire colony, the ones that you don't see. That means no more ants.

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  You just simply apply the gel to areas where you see ants and the ants eat the gel. They carry it back to the colony to feed everyone else. I placed the gel on the floor and an hour later there were tons of ants eating the gel. The bright yellow spot is the gel. You can see the ants forming around in other places and that is spots were the ants have almost eaten all the gel. It is amazing that I put the gel out and within 24 hours the ants are gone. Yes, you do have to leave the ants alone and let them eat the gel so don't clean up the area as the ants are making scent trails to lead other ants to the product.


  Ever since I started using this wonderful ant killing gel, I have had fewer ants in my house. I still have ants by my front and back doors about once a month but the ants no longer spread to other places in my house. When I notice the ants, I just apply the gel and the ants are gone in 24 hours. The thing that I love about this ant killer is that it is a gel so I can use it on the wall if I see ants there. My kids are older and I don't have pets so I do not have to worry about them ingesting the product. If you have kids or pets, you can block the area off from them so they don't touch the ant gel. When you don't notice any more bugs, usually 24 hours, then you can wipe the gel up.  I purchase this product on Amazon but you can also find it in stores like Walmart and Home Depot. 




15 comments:

ReviewsSheRote said...

Oh this time of year comnbat strips are OUR BEST FRIEND!!!

Mom of Two said...

Ants just started coming in and I need to get something. I will look at Lowe's for this.

Bola said...

I used to live in a house that was build on land that used to be orange groves. Come summer and the ants just invade. Wish I knew of CombatBugs back then.

Melissa said...

I hate ants - hate 'em! We had a group setup a colony in our power strip and it was so creepy trying to get rid of them. I hope we don't have to deal with them again this year but if so, I know what I'm going to try.

**This might be a double post - I got logged out of my Google Account while posting. :)

Kimberley said...

I will definitely be trying this if our ant problem returns! Thank you for sharing.

Ellen said...

I just hate ants! We had them in the kitchen a few years ago & it was awful!

Angie B said...

since we moved into our house 6 years ago we never had much of an issued with bugs other than the occasional fly in the house and the house centipedes in the basement the last couple years. Then the other day I was sweeping under one of the radiators and swept up two ants from underneath it. That freaked me out a bit.

Dawn said...

I hate ants! Right at this time of year, we tend to get some I need to try these for my house!

C.Mahan said...

Living in the country, I can certainly relate to the ant problem. We don't have them too bad, every once in a while a trail finds their way in!

My Captivating Life said...

WOW! 2yrs! That is impressive!

Yona Williams said...

I haven't used that before, but we had an awful ant problem last year...it literally gave me nightmares. I can't stand them...it took us probably 2 weeks to fully get the issue out of control. We had early warm weather, so I think they got active earlier than usual and just attacked the kitchen. Will have to remember this product.

Jamie said...

We have some here in Eastern AZ this year that are about 1/2" long - I've never seen ants like this before. Those suckers are eating too much!! I'll have to leave this stuff for them, for a snack!! ha/ha

Unknown said...

That is certainly an achievement there. Fighting ants is no mean feat. Not only are they small enough to evade assaults, they are also pervasive. It will pay to be more encompassing with the pest control, and of course to be a bit more resolute about it more than anything. All the best to you!

Mindy Dawson @ Cooper Pest Solutions

Jamie said...

Wow, I've never heard of that before. Will definitely need to check it out this summer when it warms up!

DEBIJOT said...

I used this 2 years ago and have not seen an ant since then.

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