Syngenta - TRTD11568 - Optigard Ant Bait Gel Box - 4 Tubes w/ Plunger - 30g each tube, White

I have to admit. I decided to try this because of the flamethrower review,(if you don't know what I am talking about go back and read it, totally worth the minute or less of your time) he wasn't wrong. I had a horrible sugar/pharaoh/pain in the a.. ant problem. I had been surviving just fine, working from home, taking care of the little ones, I admittedly got a little lax about where I allowed them to enjoy their snacks, and as any parent knows kids are messy....really messy and ants are the epic scavengers of the insect world. So these little buggers found the tasty morsels my sweet toothed spawn left in the nooks and crannies I didn't find. One day there was peace and harmony, the sun shone through the windows...and life was good...the next we were overtaken by a massive army of micro sized immortal specks running across every surface I owned. Nothing and I mean NOTHING I tried would even put a dent in their numbers. Day after day, product after product- squish after squish they came in droves. It got to the point where I almost just handed over the weekly grocery grab to satisfy their insatiable appetite, hoping that if I made such a peace offering they would gladly take the atonement and go away. 30 days, about a box of borax, a pound of sugar and 800 useless ant baits later I turned to the internet and its vast ominous knowledge determined to find something effective that wouldn't also sacrifice myself and my sons in the process. Now my mother, as well meaning as she is, has drank the Terro kool-aid. She swears by the stuff. I never had luck with any of it, but according to her it was the only thing she's ever tried that worked. How I don't know. Especially considering that we share the same roof, do the ants on her side of the house truly gobble that stuff up or has she begun to go blind? Perhaps there is an infestation of advanced ants on the west wing of our establishment where I reside. But one thing I know for sure is this stuff works. Yes, I tried the Terro bait....dare I say my "advanced" ants even laughed at me as they turned up their nose to the gel packs which laid in waiting. I even left them out thinking they needed to ferment to be effective, I waited a week and they remained untouched. Then I came upon the magic of Amazon and the flamethrower review, if I said I didn't read it because I wasn't considering using one I'd be lying to you, but this option was far less cheaper, just as efficient and caused no threat of personal or property damage if you followed the packaging rules. I was hooked. Shipping was speedy. Ease of use? Superb. Why this review is asking me about flavor I can't be sure. But I would give it 5 stars as an ant. I used post it notes as "plates" and placed them out along the ant's favorite spot in the room. As badly as I wanted to wait and see if they came and fell for my trap, I was always told a watched pot never boils so I walked away....but oh man I wasn't prepared for the sight I saw when I came back.....I returned to a thanksgiving FEAST, ants swarming the glob of goo I was ecstatic they actually took it...mid dance I stopped myself....but would it work!? The headline to this review is absolutely true. It was pure euthanization of an entire colony. I set out 2 different "plates" and within 2 days tops there was balance restored within the room. Not an ant in sight, oh there were bodies here and there but no living soul graced the presence of my space, save for myself. It was again quiet and the peace was restored as the sun shone across the floor in the room.It's been a month since that day. And no ant dare set tarsal claw in this room.If you're concerned about the price trust me it's worth it. You get A LOT of product enough that I have even given some away to others in need of such a remedy to their pain. I still have enough to last a lifetime..well mine at least not the ants because once you bust this out they haven't very long...

This stuff is amazing and works! It’s been so extremely hot with no rain in site here in NC. We had several black ants coming in our room. I swear by this. We had a micro crack in our baseboard where black ants were coming in. My husband didn’t think they were coming in there because it was so small for the black ants. When i sent him a video he finally believed me. I ordered this and he put the tiny drop in the crack. Haven’t seen anymore ants in over 2 months now. We have rescue dogs, a cat, and birds so we have to be very careful of the products we use. This one is definitely a keeper!!

I will update after more time has gone by but I had to write a review so far and I never leave reviews. I live in Texas where we don’t get much rain and we have very hot summers but can get cold in winter. For about 3 years I’ve been complaining to my regular bug guy about these black ants. I’ve not once had them inside my home though. But they get in flower pots. 100s inside pots. This summer I fought them all year. We would spray or put out bait and they just move to a different location or trail. Never did they go away. And I was getting concerned because I’d see them going into areas around my foundation or windows. He told me they were acrobat ants. They are either that or carpenter ants. But you can see in my photos the orange bait he’s been using. He’s even treated my grass. The bait he uses does nothing. Fast forward to the night before I’m hosting my entire family for Christmas. My husband washed off our sidewalks and about 10 hours later I walk into my bedroom to see a massive ant infestation. I’ve never seen anything like it in my life. Thousands. Coming under baseboards. Windows. Under the toilet. Creeping up the walls. My floors are wood so I didn’t get a good video of them on the wood. I would clean them up in one area and they would be flooding another wall. They were coming in about 1200 square feet of my home. I freaked naturally as I have 20 people showing up the next day. We did spray some sort chemical outside. It killed a lot instantly. But it was cold. And these ants were in clusters all over my brick. They should not have been moving much this time of the year. They were slow outside. But moved fast inside my home. My photos don’t show the complete infestation. 1000s down along concrete at foundation. Moving slow because it’s cold. I had my bug guy there 10 days before this because I had seen a lot in one window. And around my toilet. In my photos you see the commercial bait he left in the tray. They are not touching it. I put this bait on a card behind the toilet beside his. Just a few ants were out. Within an hour I caught this many feeding. One of my photos shows them feeding on the window corner. So the next morning after I had put this out and my husband sprayed and there were ants dead everywhere. I thought it was from the spray. And maybe it was. But my husband used the leaf blower and blew sidewalks off. After my family left we had ants everywhere again outside dead. In piles. My husband blew it off. The next morning. MORE piles of ants. I’m on day 12. I keep seeing a few here and there in my bathroom. A few in in other areas. But no trails. And what’s weird is I keep finding dead ones. Especially around the toilet. I found about 10 this morning. Cleaned it. Today about 10 more. With 2 or 3 Alive. But I’ve yet to get infested again. I think we have to have a colony in walls or foundation. Notice the orange bait outside. It does nothing but make a mess. I have a regular bug guy.Buy it. My verdict is still out if it gets rid of them entirely. But all I know is I’ve seen massive amounts of dead ants the first two days. My video isn’t great. But this shows all the dead ants the second time we had to clean it up.I’m very impressed. We have tried so many baits. This seems to work. So glad I stumbled across it on Amazon. Do yourself a favor. Buy the bait.

1 box = 3+ years of excellent ant bait for average sized Texas home. 2 years ago, I bought this (plus Advance Carpenter Ant bait) for a sugar/protein bait to place in my plastic traps. I successfully got rid of the carpenter ants with using less than 1 tube (strategically placed) for carpenter ants. I’ve never done it before, so my placements were probably more than I needed. Kept checking on them- added a little and changed a few locations-inside and out. They were gone 100% within a few weeks.Last year- I baited my kitchen for other ants that founds their way to my kitchen sink. Couple days of mass ants eating the bait around my sink (gross) and poof 💨, gone.This year, lots of rain and perfect ant colonization weather, created an infestation in my rock garden around the perimeter of my house. Those buggers have spilled over into my house looking for food. My house is pretty clean, but with dogs, there’s always something they can find. So many tiny ants- can’t ID them, but common black ants. I just opened my third tube and placed short ribbons (without traps) along entry crevices inside and outside. After 10 minutes, I realized how bad the problem was because I had created an ant buffet along those lines. This is a mega colony, possibly more than 1 type of ant, considering I have so many buffets around my house right now. I know they will be gone in a few days. Since the weather is going to be conducive to ants for a while, I’ll continue baiting these areas for a few months.Great product, does what it claims to do, and extremely cheap considering the amount in the box and how little is needed. The tube I opened will last the whole year. I’ll probably use the fourth tube next year.Tip: watery gel is not as good as the thick gel. The first fresh tube was a little watery- I just squeezed enough out to get to the gel. I think most of the watery part dried out the second year. I just make sure the open tube’s nozzle is cleaned out before screwing the cap back on. Use a thin nail-My tubes don’t leak, and I only have an open tube for 6 months-then toss out.Tip: my protein bait didn’t work- but I will still use it…just in case. It’s a good combo and the Advance ant granules I purchased last just as long as the gel.

So far so good, ants seem to love it. Not giving it 5 stars until I see it has done its magic. We recently had multiple swarms of the tiny sugar ants, and I had put various traps down from local hardware store, right in their paths, that they seemed to ignore and certainly didn't seem to slow them down. We have a curious cat that sniffs and licks like a dog, so I didn't want to spray anything. With first strategic application, in a select few crevices and even squirting some in the useless traps, they had an early easter feast, with hours! Added more in the same areas the next morning. My one misgiving is that the "gel" is quite uneven in texture, so some comes out thick and gooey, mixed in with some portions quite watery, making precise and measured applications difficult. I suspect maybe the stuff is very old, but only see undecipherable code on box.

It worked great. I tried others for ten months and it did the job in a few days on ghost ants

This stuff is amazing. After years of battling little black ants and retreating in defeat after each encounter, I had enough. I have used every variety of Raid, box store barrier sprays, traps, granule and liquid baits like the useless Terro that no bugs are willing to ingest, Chinese magic chalk, homemade borax, soap, and vinegar remedies... Nothing works. The ants live inside my walls and whenever I find and plug up a hole, they find another harder to reach hole to march out of. Finally after a night's worth of research, I found this product. Professional grade, supposedly what exterminators use.The first trial is on a thick trail of ants in my kitchen that had recently taken over my stove. As directed, I inject a small pea size amount along the trail and immediately the ants take to it, covering the whole thing. I inject more, along the whole path. Same result. I watched as their abdomens become extended and translucent while they drink up the delicious bait. A few couldn't stop drinking and died. But most made it back to their lair. It was hard not to spray them in their tracks, watching them eat and then go home. But the next day beneath the wall next to my water heater in the garage, quite far from the kitchen stove, I found a huge pile of dead little black ants. I had no idea there were so many. It was easily 10 times the amount that I baited in my kitchen. I vacuum them up. For three days after that initial feast, pile after pile of dead ants. I'd vacuum, then come back and there's another pile. I felt like I had finally won my first battle against these little guys and didn't see any ants for a few weeks though I suspected there were other colonies throughout my house.Today, I spotted a small group searching for food. Immediately I put beads of this stuff along their track. I was lucky enough to be able to find their entrance this time, which was quite far away from where I spotted the initial group. I made sure to put plenty of this stuff at their doorstep to make it easy for them to eat, go home, and share with the rest of the colony, just in case the exploratory group doesn't make it back. Within a minute, the bait was covered in ants. Ants pouring out of the grate, scrambling to get a sip. I add more, more ants come out. I'm delighted as I watch them eat and grabbed my phone to take pictures and write this very real review. I'll be waiting with my vacuum tomorrow as I claim my second victory. The tide had finally turned in my favor.In this set, you get 4 syringes full of this stuff. Each syringe is 1.06 oz. (30g). After two applications, I've only used about 1/5 of one syringe. You don't need much use sparingly. The syringes are capped. The cap comes off easily and can be recapped to save for later use. This pack of 4 will last a long time. I just moved into this house two years ago and suspect this had been a problem for a while if there are so many ants colonized in the walls. Hopefully this will help me win more battles and eventually eradicate the colonies living within my walls. But very glad that for the first time in two years, and after just 2 applications, I can leave food out and not have to worry about ants.Tip: After all the ants are done, I let the gel dry. Then I scrape it off, throw it away. I then clean the areas thoroughly. I don't leave the gel out because I have small children and this is after all, poison. Also, I noticed it doesn't attract ants when it's dried up. So put a little bit at a time to feed the ants where you see them. Don't empty a whole syringe someplace and think you can just leave it there as bait for months.Good luck!

This stuff was incredible. I had a huge carpenter ant problem that I didn't even fully appreciate until I put out this bait on the path where I was seeing a handful of ants. Over the next few hours, hundreds of ants congregated and ate the bait and presumably brought it back to the rest of the ants. Within days, most activity was gone -- a few stragglers showed up in strange places around the rest of the house, but after a week, all activity was gone. Used a full tube which may have been overkill but it worked, and have plenty left for any future needs.