How to Get Rid of Carpenter Ants

This carpenter ant killer is a 19oz aerosol spray can that makes this perfect for spraying ant colonies and controlling the population in your yard and around the exterior of your home before they get in.

This spray works for immediately kill on contact and is also an effective way to control the
carpenter ant population long-term.

Using the spray can you can spray into hard-to-reach places as deep as 15 feet away. This ant killer works great for spraying in cracks of doors, windows, and cracks in foundations as well. The manufacturer recommends using it outside around the foundation of your home in the early spring when ants try to enter the house. They also recommend it at the beginning of fall.

This ant killer is long lasting and very effective in areas that are difficult to get at. This dust is waterproof and is capable of controlling the population for up to eight months. Terro ant dust
kills ants on contact and lasts for up to eight months on a given area to kill at the ants that come in contact with the dust.

This ant killer is applied by simply shaking the can and sprinkling the dust over an infested and high traffic area where carpenter ants are abundant. Terro Ant Dust is effective when used in foundation cracks and crevices as well as around hardscaping and pavers.

This ant killer works for all kinds of ants and pests including carpenter ants, fire ants, boxelder bugs, cockroaches, and crickets.

The best feature of this ant killer is that it will not wash away in the rain so when its applied directly to an ant hill, it is effectively at controlling the ants for up to eight months.

This ant killer contains six large pre-filled ant bait areas that are ready to use right out of the box. Terro Outdoor Liquid Ant Bait attracts and kills all forms of ants outside the house, so they can’t even get access.

This is best for large ant infestations because it is effective at slowly poisoning the ants, so they have time to take the poison back to the colony and slowly infect all the ants in the colony.

This makes this ant killer one of the best for controlling large populations and killing the colony at the core. One of the great features of this is the fact that you do not need to know precisely where the ant kill is to kill off the colony because the ants are going to do the work for you.

Terro Liquid Killer is meant to be used outside so you can prevent the ants from ever even getting it. The bait stations have stakes on them, so they can be driven right into the ground.

This ant killer is weatherproof and useful on all forms of household ants.

This ant killer is meant to be placed at the perimeter of your home to prevent the ants from getting in through cracks in the foundations. To use this killer, you sprinkle the granules around the exterior of your home, and the worker ants eat the bait and take some back to the colony to slowly kill off the colony.

This is effective at treating large infestations because it slowly kills off the entire colony due to the worker ants returning with the bait.

Terro Outdoor Ant Granules are not effective on fire ants and beneficial insects like ladybugs and butterflies. These granules control ants, cockroaches, crickets, earwigs, silverfish, slugs, and snails as well.

Terro products contain sweet ingredients that attract ants to the bait. The bait comes in a 2lb shaker bottle.

This carpenter ant bait can get used in a variety of places that includes indoor and outdoor areas. Advance Carpenter Ant Bait is effective when used in cracks and crevices because it slowly kills the worker ants which gives them a chance to take the bait back to their colony–this then kills off the rest of the population before the ants can get into your home.

This ant killer is especially effective at controlling and killing off large carpenter ants. The
manufacturer claims that the special blend of protein-based attractants and large grit size attracts a larger form of carpenter ant.

You can use this bait by sprinkling it throughout the yard, at the base of trees near the home, or sprinkle it right at the foundation perimeter of your home.

This ant gel comes in a 27-gram tube and is effective at killing many different forms of pests including acrobat ants, Argentine, big-headed, cornfield, carpenter, honey, field, odorous house, pharaoh, pavement, and thief ants.

The gel is made of a sweet bait that is meant to attract carpenter ants. The gel has a high moisture content that draws them in and once consumed the ants are killed off within three days. This also gives the worker ants a chance to bring the bait back to the colony and kill off the entire colony slowly to prevent the infestation from spreading to the inside of the home.

Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel is most effective when dabbed in small cracks and crevices. This can be done outdoors or indoors around furniture and in basements.

The manufacturer recommends not using the gel wherever insecticides get sprayed because that will overpower the gel and make the ants unattracted to it. They also recommend using the gel between 10pm-4am when carpenter ants are most active.