Best Ant Baits - How to Get Rid of Ants with Terro or Amdro 

I’ve used Raid ant baits twice now, and both times, they killed the entire colony. It takes awhile, though. About a week. You gotta stay patient. Also, the Raid baits work best if you place all four of them (four baits come in a box) directly outside the entryway to the colony…so you have to find that first. When you do, place them at the “front door” in a row, and over time, the ants WILL find it and carry the food back to the entire colony. I’ve come back after a week, and no more sign of ants. When I cut the tops off the baits, usually 2-3 of the baits were completely empty, and the other 3-4 were halfway eaten. So, it does work. Raid baits are basically a mixture of peanut butter, flour, and 5% boric acid.

Thank you for taking the time to do this extensive research and test so many brands. You've helped a lot!!!

Thanks very much! I'm a single gal, and first time homeowner. Ants like crazy, and seemed liked out of the blue. Lived here 1.5 years, and first time issue. Anyway, I really appreciate the helpful video. OMW to the home improvement store now!

Thanks for taking the time to do this but a better test would have been to try each one separately on different ant trails and to see how quickly they disappeared but this will help some people decide on which to try.

This was an excellent video.Thanks for the reviews of different ant baits.

Thanks for this video!!! So far, I’ve use the liquid Terro Ant Killer and it’s working like a charm!!!! Thanks to this video, I didn’t waste my money and time on other stuff that don’t work

Haven’t tried any other besides the Terro. Terro works best for me. Might take a couple of days depending on the colonies but it hasn’t failed yet.

I like the gel stuff! Works great!

I had Terro outside my window for carpenter ants. Saw them all over it in an hour. For indoor ants, I picked up Raid. After a day and a half still has ants by my bed, so I returned the Raid and got an indoor Terro. Just placed them. Hoping it works faster than the Raid, they are in my kitchen and bedroom!

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I learned about Tero growing up decades ago. It used to literally have arsenic in it! But the liquid drops IMO are still the way to go. Inside, just cut up a paper product something like index cards, or file folders into 1-2" squareish shapes and put a few drops on them and place them around. Ants love this stuff and when they hit it. And it's far more economical than the traps, and as this video shows, effective.

I recently tried the Terro liquid bottle and I'm loving it!!!!

Thank you so much 😊

I’ve got an ant problem the tero worked great. Thank you for this video very helpful

I had ants in the pantry and put traps on the floor waiting for response. The ants went nowhere near the traps until I put a very small drop of honey on top of the trap. Then it was like they all came to dinner and within a few days they were gone.

I use Terro, I purchase both the bottle on and the placement bait. Works for me, just need to learn to make my own mix, so I can save money.

I'm getting ants in my bathroom. On my way to home depot and buy some of this product. Thank you!

Thanks I need to try it. I just moved to my new house and i have ants all over.

It definitely helped. Thank you!

Thank you this just helped me out big time I have a conga line of sugar ants or sidewalk whatever they are going along my kitchen window sill to an outlet I can't see them inside outside or on the slab under the house. So I got some Terro and dabbed some on pieces of duct tape around where they're coming out and they're going for it hopefully they'll be gone in a day or two

@flannelguyDIY hi. I’m using ant traps right now AEROKURE is the brand . Is it to be expected to find loads of ants now (worse than pre trap) ? I just don’t know The process . Dad is away so I’m trying to deal w this ant situation ! I have them by front door & basement . Just don’t know if they get WORSE before it gets better ?! May have to go get some Terro tho . Can I use borax instead which I have or does it have to get back to the Queen? Thx!

Might have been better to one of these at different ant colonies. To see which one is more effective. This shows that if you put all bates in one spot they work. However it is visible that they like the drops. Doesn’t mean that’s the one that killed them. But thanks for the video and spending the time recording different traps.

I use Advion ant gel with good results inside. A passive insecticide like Taurus sc works good for outdoor problems.

Thanks, great review and comparison test! 👍 Time to bait them ants 😬

I've tried Terro and Raid. If you want to see ants take the bait, get the Terro liquid. You'll see them on there like crazy, but the colony never dies. You might see them disappear for a few day, but they always come back. With Raid, you almost never see an ant enter the trap, but if you wait about a week, they'll disappear. Once they're gone, they're gone for the year.. For whatever reason, they'll reappear the following year. With Terro, I feel like I'm just feeding the colony.

Thank you very much.

Thanks for the post. Nice idea here, but I doubt you can really test these by placing them so close together; at least not for comparative purposes. A few reasons but the main one is that even the directions will tell you to place them many feet apart. Naturally, if a liquid is just sitting out, they are going to find that one first & just keep going back to that one. I'm actually came here to look for a tutorial on how to break the tab on a "Terro Liquid Bait Station"; the kind that are in the shape of a box/squarish that you adhere to the wall or cabinet. I got one and had to use a pliers to break it off. It left the bait sack (a capsule, sort of) inside the station but the hole to enter it is awfully small. I don't know if I broke it off unevenly or something or what, but I cannot see more than one ant at a time passing through it; doesn't make sense to me. Thanks again.

Amdro bait granules works beautiful. My only issue is that it's expensive and I believe it might wash away after it rains. I had a massive ant situation and amdro granules got rid of them in less than a week.

Ok I been dealing with Ants for months. Raid didn’t work at all to get rid of them. Amdro was even worst. Black ants would go right past the Amdro. I bought the Terro last week, and within 1 day I had no more ants

Thanks! This review helped! Gel looks effective but harmful to pets so I sadly can’t do that one

Thank you! Paid an exterminator $200 to treat my mom’s house for an ant problem inside her house, and paid another $50 for a second treatment. Still have ants, and I’m desperate for something that works.

For those tiny little ants I've always found that the liquid baits work best. Maybe the dry baits work well for other species but the really tiny ants seem to ignore them.

How long did you leave the Terro bait for ?

perfect .. thanks

Great video! Do the Terro drops just kill the ants on site, or is it like the bait traps, which allow the ants to take the drops back to their colony to wipe it out?

Has anyone used 'REVENGE' brand liquid ant baits? How effective are they? Thanks.

You should start with remove any food or anything sticky and sweet like soda spills lots of food is under the fridge and on the sides of the stove because they'll just keep coming back they also look for water so any standing water spills you're putting down traps where you can see them nothing but removing their food source have to be the first step

How do you clean the Tarro liquid from the floor

I found that ants love the terro but they don't appear to take it anywhere. They just drink and die. The raid thing got some activity but didn't kill on the spot. If they took stuff back to the colony it didn't kill much. I'm trying the hexagonal one right now. We'll see how it goes.

I have tried the terro ant baits. The ants would feed on it for a couple days, then stop eating it totally. All they do is walk around it and avoid it. It's been over a week, and they still aren't gone yet.

It’s rainy season in Nor Cal and oh boy the ants are all over the place in my house. Tried lemons, cinnamon, white vinegar and essential oils. Ain’t helping one bit. Desperately searching through RU-vid to find a way. Came across this video and decided to give it a try. Going on a family vaycay for a week so im Gonna pick some of this up tomorrow and see how it works. Gonna leave it out while we’re gone. I’ll write back if it’s a success. Praying it does. ☺️

You can also mix peanut butter with borax, baking soda or both.

Depends on if the ants are hunting for sweets or protein, the Terro liquid didn't work at all for me. I dropped some fat while browning hamburger on my stove and they were all over that. I made a mix of that fat & borax, so far they're eating it. I'll have to check the results tonight.

TERROR LIQUID ID THE BEST ALL THE OTHER TRAP EITHER GET KICK AROUND BY PETS OR GET BLOW AROUND BY WIND

I find the Australian ants are active at night. Daytime, they hide in their nests.

Raid , they didn't touch it, walked around it,over it . I'm going to try the combat and or terro . Terro has many good reviews

I've used lots of different baits and the torro worked great a few years ago, but now they pay it no mine. Not sure what is going on, has the formula change?

Last time I used this exact same Terro bait station, the ant colony moved into a corner of the inside of my place. The queen and all. Eggs.. it was nasty. Has this ever happened to you? I may need to use this again, but I am afraid of seeing the same thing happen again if I place it inside the house where I see them.

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Terro liquid no longer works for my ant colonies. Same type of ants shown on your video. The Terro worked a few years ago; but no longer works now. I suspect that they've become immune to the active ingredient in Terro.

I applied a couple drops of the Terri liquid, and the ants are definitely on it. I think I found the colony. There are about 100+ ants trying to get on the drops. I also laid down a Terro bait trap nearby. Is this all I need to do at this point? There are defo no ants coming from outside the perimeter of the house. I walked all the way around to check. Also looked closely in the garage. Nothing.

I used terro. Seems to work at first but ants start covering the gel after a day.

Terro liquid ants bait works well, if it’s fresh drops. But when the liquids gets harder ants doesn’t wanna eat it anymore… Ants 🐜 keeps coming from nowhere. I used essential raid sprays for ants and roaches and all the ants disappeared..

So far for me, terro and amdwad are better. They are gone but then the new ones come back 😢

Got a little dizzy with your camera work lol - Terro liquid. The best. Fast. Had ants on the window sill above the kitchen sink. Placed a drop or two on a several small pieces of cardboard (no sticky clean up, because it IS sticky). The ants came by the dozen, they loved the Terro. Gone within 3 days. Kept it handy but never had them come back.

So basically terro showed the best interest to the ants. Or at least gel baits or liquid baits are much stronger than the strip club baits. XD I'll keep that in mind.

The liquid works the best from my experience

Flamethrower worked great for me but only issue is now I need a place to stay.

What happens if you vacuum ants ? Does it make the issue worse ?

The Terro is very sweet. Made my stomach heart

The liquid works super well but hopefully it doesn't need to be used inside. It is super gross to get off and even can chip off paint

I’ve been feeding ants terro for 2 years and they keep coming for more.

Terro is the only bait I've ever gotten to work.

Of course all the traps are not going to work good when you put them all together and especially if you put the most attractive sugar bait easiest accessible in drop form where they don’t have to go into something to get it.

These ants i got are not taking the bait

i use sugar plster of paris ..drop peanut butter a drop ....thanks

im so exctied to get my bait tomorrow. the ant problem has gotten out of control. i dont enjoy killing them but they have to go now that theyve invaded my kitchen

this guy looks super baked

Terro is the best save your time

You have to figure out what kind of ants they are. These products worked for you - but may not work for everyone.

You can't beat terro. Nothing beats terro

Ants is smarter than we think they are not that easy to kill these bait don't work that fast so most of the time they just move to a new trail

"Take it back to the colony and kill the rest of them almost like a trojan horse" Not gonna lie, I was expecting you to jump into an anti-virus or VPN sponsorship

As much as this proves Terro is a good brand this this is a bad test mainly due to the fact you had no separation with the other baits.

Let's TROY these Ants Terra in my Opinion is the best That liquid bait stuff works charms

The store bought baits don’t work well. Better off making your own sugar and borax mixture on bread etc.

I recently found TERRO at Lowes, and figured I would snag a handful since summer is fast approaching. In Tennessee we are being over run by ants and it started gearing up around July & August last year. I tried the hot shot product last summer, and didn't notice much in the way of results; and decied to try my grand parents solution for roaches; which is to mix baking soda and peanut butter. After I put a few lids of that mixture down near wallsca corners; I didn't see the little buggers anymore.

dump the terro in the ant hill

wat the. u need to test them out one at a time. jesus

Terro doesn't work!!!!!

I tried Baiting my Ants but I don't know if it worked. Me: Hey you Worker Ant. You know you are a real nothing. A worker is not much more than a slave. You know nobody likes you. Those giant Ants who worked in the movie " Them " told me they all dated your sister and she was easy. Worker Ant: Sniff....Sniff Why you have to be so mean. I'm going back to my colony and tell them we should all just kill ourselves.

Terro is useless.

Anybody else feel bad about killing bugs?

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