There are many great things about summer, but one thing that's not so great is the bugs. This time of year is particularly well-known for ants, which tend to move in like they've signed a lease — and then are notoriously hard to get rid of. But before you shell out for an exterminator, try Amazon's bestselling ant trap: The Terro T300B Ant Killer Bait Stations actually work.
Just take our executive editor's word for it: "Come summer, we get inundated with tiny ants. Nothing worked to keep them away until I finally followed the reviews and bought these Terro ant traps," she said. "We stashed these in a bunch of problem areas in the house and within days, we stopped noticing ants around our usual trouble areas: the dog bowls and kitchen sink. We’re using them again since spring and so far so good — and this is the time of year we’re usually infested."
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The Terro T300B stations use a liquid bait with sodium tetraborate decahydrate, also known as borax, as the active ingredient. It attracts sweet-eating household ants, including little black, odorous house, pavement, ghost, crazy and acrobat ants. Instead of killing only the ants you can see, the bait is designed to be carried back by worker ants and shared with the whole colony.
Once you set up the traps, you should notice reduced ant activity within days. More than 100,000 Amazon shoppers have purchased these in the last month alone, which makes a pretty convincing case for grabbing a pack to set up wherever you see ant trails in your own home.
In this article: TERRO Liquid Ant Baits - Outdoor Ready-to-Use 12 Stakes, TERRO Indoor Liquid Ant Baits with Adhesive Strips - 8-Pack and TERRO Perimeter Outdoor Ant Bait Plus - 2-Pack, 4Lbs
Terro T300B Ant Killer Bait Stations
TERRO Liquid Ant Baits - Outdoor Ready-to-Use 12 Stakes 13% OFF
These outdoor Terro stakes stop ants before they even get inside. The liquid bait stations come with insert stakes, so you can set them around entry points, and worker ants carry the bait back to target hidden colonies.
TERRO Indoor Liquid Ant Baits with Adhesive Strips - 8-Pack 12% OFF
These indoor Terro stations are made for awkward ant trails under cabinets, along walls or near pet-adjacent areas. The prefilled traps include multi-surface adhesive strips, so you can mount them discreetly.
TERRO Perimeter Outdoor Ant Bait Plus - 2-Pack, 4Lbs
These perimeter granules treat the outside of your home using orthoboric acid granules in convenient shaker canisters that target ants, cockroaches, crickets, earwigs, silverfish, slugs and snails for up to four weeks at a time.
Ortho Orthene Ant Killer Ant Bait - 12 Bait Stations
These indoor bait stations are also designed so the worker ants carry bait back to share with the queen and other ants. The 12-pack gives you enough bait stations to place along baseboards, near cabinets, around pipes, by doorways and other indoor ant paths.
Raid Ant Killer Baits, 8-Count
This eight-pack of bait stations offers a budget-friendly indoor option for corners, walls, kitchens, bathrooms, pantries and waste areas. After ants feed, they return to the colony and transfer the bait. Protection lasts up to three months.
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