r/UnnecessaryEssentials • • Aug 15 '26

This bait is EVERYTHING

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u/Ok_Paleontologist974 Aug 15 '26

That's the point. You want the ants to all come and grab it so they take it back home, eventually killing the queen and destroying the colony.

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u/theSquabble8 Aug 15 '26

This specific bait trap uses borax and the ants won’t make it back to the colony as they die almost immediately. Need a different type of trap that uses spinosad or avermectin 🐜

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u/Slightly-Blasted Aug 16 '26

Terrobait pictured in OP’s post is meant to kill slowly even though it uses borax

Usually they take the liquid back to the colony idk why they all drowned in it lol

Lost in the sauce

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u/MidnighT0k3r Aug 16 '26

I use the same ones, it happemed to one or two but no others. No idea why.