Hot Shot MaxAttrax Ant Bait 4 Count, Child-Resistant Bait Stations

We started seeing those tiny black ants in our kitchen, here and there. They would be in random places on the floor, on our counter tops, and on top of the dishwasher door. But in not in the cupboards or anywhere else. Sprayed peppermint oil/water and they would disappear for a day and be right back. Same thing with vinegar/water. These smells repel them, but they don't kill them. There was never a trail, so we couldn't figure out where they were coming from. Finally broke down and looked for an ant trap and decided on these. It says to put ONE out, but I missed that part and set them all out. Left the kitchen and came back later, and there was a trail of ants coming from under our dishwasher over to one of the bait traps. It says to leave them alone and they will take the bait back to their home and it will kill them all. It was hard to leave a trail of ants on the kitchen floor, but we did and the very next day, there were NO ants anywhere, and there haven't been any since. That was several weeks ago. Since the traps last for 6 months out of the package, I left one underneath a counter and one under the fridge, just in case. I wish we had done this sooner instead of spraying smelly liquids all over the place. This was easy, cheap, and it worked. I recommend these. You just have to be patient and let the ants come to the trap, leave them alone, and let them take the bait home. No more ants. It worked for us.

I was seeing pavement ants in my hallway where I feed the feral cats and I put three of these down and a week later the ants were gone !!

UPDATE: Not sure if this is what did it, but as of about June 16, no more ants. I placed these wherever I found ants and a week later I’m experiencing a bad ant issue. I had read in the reviews to put a little bit of sugar on it and I honestly thought it’d work, but they literally gathered around, ate all the sugar and called it a day. Placed them also whiteout sugar and they did nothing. The ants were not attracted to it, they did not die. I haven’t found any dead ones. They’re definitely easy to use, easy to snap and place anywhere, but I don’t think they’re as effective as the other reviews mention.

I put out all 4 baits along the wall near a tiny hole they were entering in the bathroom. Within an hour, there were so many ants swarming the bait and taking tiny granules back into the hole, presumably to their nest and Queen. It’ll definitely look at lot worse before it gets better. Just let the bait do its thing. I didn’t try killing all of the ants with spray as I wanted them all to carry back the poison. Within 24 hours, there were only a few stragglers left near the traps. By that time, I began seeing ants coming out from under the tubs seal. I moved a couple traps there and the same thing happened to where there was a bunch of them at first. It has now been 2 1/2 days and I haven’t seen one ant in at least 12 hours. I kept bathroom door shut while using traps to keep cat away from them. The only other thing I tried before these baits was spraying STEM ant killer. Although they killed ants on contact, it left an oily mess, smelled horrible to me and didn’t address the root of the problem.

I tried this bait around my house. It technically worked, and I saw a few ants go in and out, but most of the ants didn't seem very interested. The dry bait that doesn't leak, clean and easy to use. Would be amazing if the ants actually wanted to eat the bait. For whatever reason, it just wasn't a great match for the ants I'm dealing with. Another brand has worked better for me so far. Shipping and packaging were fine.

I had a big black ant invasion in my tool shed. Found a ton of dead ants after about a month of placing these around inside

I waited to write a review because I wanted to be sure it worked. I used half the box and placed them in various places. Have to keep them away from cats. So it took a while but I no longer wake up to ants in my cat food bowls or on the kitchen counters. Iam sure I will be buying more.

These ant traps works efficiently at getting the ants away when there was suddenly thousands of ants at home. There’s also not any obvious scent. But, this is more like a one time use product, because after opening, even if I don’t use all of them, it just doesn’t work anymore for the next time and have to repurchase.

Don’t waste your money