Carpenter Ants

In a different thread I mentioned having carpenter ants in my wood pile. I thought I found them all when I moved the wood pile, but I was wrong. I caught some going into and out of a hole in the bricks in my shop. I ordered Advance Carpenter Ant Bait and Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait from Amazon but that was going to be a couple of days for delivery. So I ran over to Tractor Supply and picked up some Terro Liquid Ant Bait. Honestly, I didn't really expect much from it, just couldn't sit back for two days and wait for the heavy ordnance to come in so I thought I'd lay down some suppressing fire. Well they took to the bait like it was free government cheese and after 24 hours I can't find any ants. If anyone is looking for some good ant bait, this stuff is certainly worth a try.

Still no ants this morning.

mass_burner,
It's a little hard to see but there's a small hole in the front that they can walk right in. Also, the cup just slides up and down. You "activate" it by pushing the cup down on top of a little plastic spike that punches a hole in it and lets the bait drain into the plastic cup. But if they want it, they'll get in. 2 minutes after I put it down I saw the back end of 2-3 ants sticking out of the back where they had squeezed in. They were face down in the bait for several minutes. I was a little concerned they'd eat themselves to death before they could take anything back.

Is Sevin dust a slow acting poison? I'm leery of insecticides now. I think the reason they were in the shop is because I was spraying the wood pile with Triazicide to kill them. It didn't, but apparently they moved anyway.