Essentials for Successful Baiting

• Buy fresh bait and store for only a short time.
• Do not store bait near other pesticides, fuels or products from which it will absorb odors.
• Do not apply it to wet grass or when rain is expected within 24 hrs.
• Do not apply directly on top of a mound. Ants do not forage there.
• Do not disturb the mound. Ants that are rebuilding or defending a nest are not busy foraging.
• Do not apply a bait when the temperatures are too hot or too cold. Perform the "potato chip test" before baiting. (In mid-morning before baiting, drop one or two potato chips near a mound. If ants are consuming the potato chips within 20-30 minutes, it is a good time to apply bait.)