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Ant & Roach Café
RTU
Bait Stations
6 Ready To Use Bait Stations per box
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The
Ant & Roach Café RTU
is easy to use. Place it where ants and roaches are active
and snip the top. The bait station’s patented design keeps
bait fresh longer and is more stable and less likely to
spill its contents than other stations, so there is less
mess.
The
Ant & Roach Café RTU
bait station can be used both indoors and outdoors
The Gourmet
Liquid Ant Bait contains Disodium Octaborate Tetrahydrate
(DOT) (a boric acid solid with high solubility and low
toxicity) and can be used effectively on most Sweet and
Protein feeding ants as well as roaches. And, there is no
demonstrated resistance to DOT in either ants or roaches.
Current US EPA
Label
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Video Instructions
ANT CONTROL MADE EASY
Ants are amazing creatures. They
have been developing survival strategies for millions of years and were
among the first social animals on the earth. It is estimated that there are
over 100,000 different species of ants living almost everywhere on earth
with the exception of Antarctica. Of these 100,000 different types of ants
there are about 55 species that are important as pests in the US. The ants
we are concerned with live in small colonies in close association with man,
in larger colonies around man-built structures, or have colonies with
millions of members effecting our agricultural production. Ants have evolved
to exploit almost every food source in almost every environment imaginable.
They are so successful that when calculated by weight, they have the largest
presence of any animal group on earth.
While ants are a diverse group,
they do have things in common. We can use the knowledge of these common
biological attributes and behaviors to control them. The most important
member of the Ant colony is the “Queen Ant”, she produces all the eggs that
grow into larvae, pupae, adult workers and the reproductives that will be
necessary to expand or start new colonies. Worker ants are usually sterile
females that maintain the colony, care for the immature ants and the queen,
and forage for food.
The ant colony is a very
efficient place. The oldest, most expendable workers are sent out to
forage for food. This is usually about 10% of the workers. These
foraging ants will wander around their environment until they locate a
food source. Once they find a food source, they will take some of that
food back to colony to recruit other workers to help harvest that food
source. They leave chemical trails to help other workers to find their
way to the new food source.
Ants can be very selective
in the foods they bring back to the colony, most ants will feed on
carbohydrates most of the year, but some prefer protein and still others
prefer fats. Feeding preferences can change based on the time of year or
the current needs of the colony. It is even possible for feeding
preferences to change from hour to hour. Ant control strategies that
rely on the use of residual sprays, usually fail. The sprays are
effective at killing the foraging workers, but the sun and rain break
these chemicals down and a new “crop” of workers takes over for the ones
that were killed. Ants can forage large distances searching for food, so
it is often difficult to apply chemicals directly to the colony. In
addition, sprays leave residues that can effect people, non-target
animals and they may eventually end up in the air we breathe, the food
we eat or the water we drink.
Ant control strategies that
rely on baits will use the ant’s natural behaviors of harvesting food in
the environment and bringing it back to colony to help destroy the
colony. But this strategy is only effective if the toxic agent in the
bait works slowly enough to make its way into the colony to eliminate
the queen.
Baiting strategies of the
past have failed because:
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The baits are targeted
at only one species of ant (fire ant), which may have feeding
preferences different from the general ant population
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The baits are too strong
and kill too many workers, before sufficient bait makes its way into
the colony to kill the queen.
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The baits are not
available in sufficient amounts to work their way into the colony to
kill the queen.
Utilizing the latest
University research on ant behavior and feeding preferences, we have
designed a program that works.
Recent University research
tells us that:
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Most of the common pest
ants have their main nests outside of man-built structures
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Ants are lazy; they will
take the closest food source to their nest.
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Ants like to be
efficient; they prefer their food source in discrete areas and not
spread out over their foraging range
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That given food sources
of equivalent nutrient value, Ants prefer a liquid food over a gel,
a gel over a granule, and a granule over a solid
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Boron, (the active
component in Disodium Octaborate Tetrahydrate) is more effective
than Hydramethylnon or Abemectin at killing the queen ants.
Ant Control can be “Made
Easy”; if you look at the infestation you have and treat it with the
appropriate baiting system. Ant infestations can be broken up into 3
levels of severity.
1. Level 1-
Small Infestations
We consider the infestation “Small”,
if there are only a few dozen to a few hundred ants seen foraging.
2. Level 2- Moderate Infestation
We consider the infestations
“Moderate”, if there are a hundred to several hundred ants seen
foraging.
3. Level 3- Large infestation
We consider the infestations “Large”, if
there are several hundred to many thousands of ants foraging.
Treatment Recommendations:
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Sanitation- It is
important to remove as many sources of food and water for the ants
as possible. Remove organic material such as pet food, dirty dishes
and leaking faucets. Seal up cracks around windows and doorways.
Remove vegetation and branches that are within 12 inches of the
house. Stack firewood and landscaping materials away from the
building.
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Treat “Level 1” or
“Level 2” infestations with Gourmet Ant Bait Gel and Gourmet Ant
Bait Liquid. Place the bait in cracks or crevices where ants are
seen or in Ant Café Refillable Bait Stations. Replace bait as
needed. The Gel bait offers a quick kill and you will see results in
2 to 24 hours. You can supplement this treatment with Gourmet Liquid
Ant Bait in either Ant Café RTU Vials or Ant & Roach Café RTU bait
stations under cabinets, on interior and exterior windowsills and
around the outside perimeter. In heavier infestations concentrate
most of your efforts on the outside perimeter. Placing baits in the
house may attract additional ants into the house.
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Treat “Level 3”
infestations with Gourmet Liquid Ant Bait around the outside of the
structure or infested area. You can use “Ant Café RTU Refillable
Vials”, Ant & Roach Café RTU Disposable Bait Stations” or for really
severe infestations or in instances where you want to maintain a
defensive perimeter, use the “AntPro” Bait Dispensing System. Some
species of Ants, such as Argentine Ant in California have such large
colonies that they consume up to 12 ounces of liquid bait in a
night. It is therefore necessary to monitor your bait placement
closely for the first week, to make sure there is sufficient bait
available to eliminate the colony.
How Many Bait Stations
Should Be Used?
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Tests have shown that an
Argentine ant can consume 0.3 mL of liquid ant bait per trip and may
make several trips per day. This is probably typical for most small
ant species. However, some ant populations are so large that even
when this small amount is consumed a full liter of bait can be
consumed overnight. It is therefore better to err on the side of
having too much bait available, then to put out too little. With too
much bait, you may get a quicker kill. If there is insufficient
bait, the toxicant may be too small a proportion of the colonies
diet to have the desired effect.
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Ants are very efficient
and when food sources have equivalent nutritional value, they will
choose a food source closer to the nest. Whenever possible, bait
should be placed outside of a structure on a windowsill or in a bait
station that can be anchored to the ground. Ants can forage great
distances for food (up to several hundred feet), but we have found
it most effective to think of each bait station as being able to
cover an area within a circle of 50 ft. in diameter. This will allow
for easier foraging for the ants and a shorter time to achieve
control. This distance can be expanded to 75 or 100 ft., but it may
take longer to achieve the desired control.
Patience is a real virtue
when it comes to ant control. We want the bait to act slowly, so that it
works its way all the way to the queen and eliminates the colony. No
matter how tempting it may be. Please refrain from spraying the ants you
see with chemicals. While this may give you temporary satisfaction, it
will slow down the process of ant elimination.
If you will follow the steps
outlined above and use the products as directed, we know you will be
satisfied with this “Easy” Method of ant Elimination
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Simmons Pest Management, Inc.
2938 Ridgeway Rd.
Memphis, Tenn. 38115
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