TERRO Multi-Surface Ant Bait

I bought these due to my sister's recommendation, and I'm glad I did! These traps were highly effective in my kitchen. I had a million tiny ants all over the place because of a grenadine spill someone had left on the counter. I set 4 traps along the wall by the counter and sink, and within two days there were no more ants! They are nice and small, easy to apply, and also easily removable. The ants take the bait back to their nest so you don't have to worry about dead ants everywhere except the ones that drown in the traps, which is easy cleanup. This also allowed me to figure out where they were all coming in through a gap behind my cupboard. I also want to mention they were safe to use around my cats. There is no odor at all which is a huge plus because most pet-safe ant killer sprays have a really strong odor. Will definitely buy these again if I ever have another issue with ants.

For best results, it helps to know where they are coming from. In our case, we noticed ants in our kitchen for a week or so. I finally found they were coming from a gap behind a hung corner cabinet. I don't know how or why, but with it warming up outside, they came out of being dormant. I mounted 4 traps on the backsplash around the kitchen. After a day I saw a few ants had found the bait and climbed in. They would then walk along the top of the backsplash, up the wall and up the gap behind cabinet. After that, more and more workers followed the path to the station. This went on all day and was the case when I went to bed. As of this morning and now 1pm, there has been no activity. If you see ants in your house, it likely means you have a colony somewhere. This product helps take out the queen. The directions are clear, don't interfere. Let them work.

I should've seen this coming and will admit it was probably user error, I stuck a trap next to our bathroom window but not even a day later the trap fell from the bathroom steam. The bait is really difficult to clean up completely and it feels like there is still a residue on the floor even after 3 separate cleanings. However, ants do love this bait and they always work well in the kitchen.

I used it in my car to get rid of some nested ants. I put it in around their path, but it initially it did not work, no ants would go into it. Then I tried to hold it and shove the opening onto an ant, and put liquid directly in front of it. It entered and start drinking, then i put the container back onto their path. I think that cause the chosen ant to go back and leave the pheromone trail that attracted more to come. It worked immediately in a few hours and got rid of all the ants.

I see a lot of comments raving about this product. I have used them many times but won't anymore. I used to use the terro liquid bait but found they were hard to open with the twist. I always had to cut with a scissor and often spilled wherever I put them and made a gummy mess without adhesive. I'm glad this product changed to a smaller version of itself and not the beige and white covers that encapsulated the inner tray. This was just such an ecological waste using so much unnecessary plastic. So I used these all around my kitchen - taped to molding and the underside of my quartz island. It took a few days to work, was effective for a short period of time and then dried out much sooner than the product description indicated it would last. That said, however, the main reason I will not be using this product again is because it was impossible to remove the tape. I spent 2 hours with a blow dryer to make the tape soft, used a scraper and razor. Tried warm water and soap and just scraped and scrubbed with painstaking progress. I called the company and it was like I was calling from Mars. After being placed on hold to speak to the resident expert, I was told to use olive oil and a soft cloth. This was useless. I continued to do what I had been doing and was able, for the most part, to get it off the quartz but not easily at all. The molding was damaged from trying and still with glue. I had to sand it off (not completely) and repaint the area. Only one of the 6 traps came off at first without a problem. Infuriating to say the least. Does anybody test this stuff or were they all out to lunch that day?????

I admire that the company wanted to cut down on plastic, but now there's a design flaw to fix. The container shape is a bit concave, so the flat sticky sheet doesn't reach the surface you want to stick it to. So, you can only use these on the floor instead of a hidden spot under cabinets. The product inside is as effective as always, but I suggest that they either change the shape of the container or use a thicker sticky pad that reaches the wall better. I have to say that I've always liked that this product uses a borate product that's much safer for us mammals!

Does not attract ants. They completely ignore the product. Installed in multiple places right next to ant entry and exit locations and along their paths. Not one single ant in, near or on bait pack in 3 days. All walk around it. Waste of good money.

Got rid of ants in a couple of days.

Good

Not effective

I have no idea how this product works. Initially i thought it was useless as ants were passing by it and non of them going inside the bait. But i just left it there for a couple of weeks and strangely enough after 2 weeks there were ZERO ants at my home. Not even one!