Ant Gel

Ants, both domestic and garden, can be a real disaster for a person, because their house is an anthill, located too deep underground, and the colony can number up to a million individuals. It is impossible to unequivocally name the best remedy for domestic ants, since everything depends on the conditions of its application, the urgency of the process, safety requirements and budget.

In all cases, the ant gel is considered to be the best option, since the product contains a delayed-action poisonous substance, which allows working ants to bring poison into their homes. As a result, not only visible individuals die, the entire anthill ceases to exist.

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Features of an extermination gel

Insecticidal gels are very effective. Thanks to them, it is possible to poison the nest and the uterus, without even knowing about its location. The principle of action is that the ants themselves treat gels as delicacies, and joyfully carry poisoned droplets to their beloved uterus.

The amount of poison in the gels is selected in such a way that after a meal at an accidentally discovered drop, the working ant does not die immediately, but manages to bring the “delicacy” to the anthill.

Important! The speed of action of the gel for exterminating ants depends on the degree of contamination of the apartment, house, garden and usually ranges from 2 to 8 weeks.

Advantages of insecticidal gels:

1. The main advantage is ease of use. You do not need to completely process all surfaces, close and “nail up” the apartment. You just need to put the gel in neat rows of drops at the corners and walls, next to the places where the ants pass and meet most often. If desired, the gel can be easily cleaned with a damp cloth, and there will be no trace of it, but the longer the product is in the public domain, the more reliable and effective it works. Using a thin nose on a tube, the drug can be used even in the most inaccessible places.
2. The effectiveness of the application. The increased content of toxic substances accelerates the control process. Therefore, the effectiveness of the gel in some cases is much higher than that of other agents. Including a more effective result is observed than when using aerosols. This happens for the reason that if the nest of domestic ants is outside the apartment, then aerosol preparations do not reach it, and the ants themselves will bring the poisoned gel into the nest and feed all their brothers and the uterus.
3. Economic expense. The purchased gel can be used not only to protect the apartment, but also the garden, home. The drug is applied in small droplets in the form of dashed stripes every 4 cm, and only in places of accumulation of insects and in the way of their movement, therefore, the acquired product is enough for a large area and for a long time.
4. Security. The product is safe for people and pets. Insecticides are used in the preparations, which are easily neutralized by the human body, as well as warm-blooded animals without any consequences.
5. Availability. Buying a quality gel from ants will not be difficult, in addition, the price for it is acceptable for any consumer.

Important! The only drawback of the tool is that it will not work to remove the ants in 1 minute, at best you will need a week.

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How to use gel in the apartment?

Before applying the gel to kill ants, you must:

1. Find out where the nest with their colony is located, because if you destroy the nest immediately, then the working ants are likely to die quickly. However, the anthill may not necessarily be in the apartment itself, it can be located with neighbors, in the front door, and in the southern regions - even on the street. Ants enter any apartment in search of food.

Important! A house can have many nests and ant colonies. In some cases, in the dressing room, disinsection specialists destroy up to 12-13 anthills.

2. Coordinate with neighbors, especially those who also have this problem. It is better to fight together, so that the ants do not move from one room to another.
3. Find out from professional pest control at the local SES what they poison insects with, because in each city and even the district there may be their own populations of ants that are resistant to various insecticides.
4. Decide on a destructive tool.

Important! If you have listened to our advice and decided to use gel from ants, then without fail process the following places in the apartment:

• A hole near the ventilation ducts.
• The surfaces near the skirting boards and the skirting boards themselves.
• Joints of floor and wall coverings.
• The space under the sink or sink.
• Holes near water and sewer pipes.

Use the drug strictly according to the instructions.

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Popular Ant Gel Brands

If both the mode of action, and the duration, and effectiveness of this group of funds suit you, you need to decide on the appropriate brand.

Gel "Globol"

The most effective remedy for domestic ants is Globol gel. The drug is made in Germany. One drop of gel can kill up to 500 adults.

Important! When choosing a product, pay attention to the inscriptions in German and a special hologram on the package, since today the original gel is already copied by many unscrupulous manufacturers and such counterfeit products are very much inferior to the effective original.

Gel “Fas”

This tool is especially popular with owners of private houses. Gel “Fas” is a rather effective remedy for red ants, but it works with no less effectiveness against ordinary domestic insects.

“Raptor”

Among the Raptor pests, gel is not inferior to aerosol in reliability. The drug owes its effect to the active substance contained in it - lambda-cyclotrin, which infects ants upon contact, as well as when it enters the digestive tract. In addition, the composition of the product includes enzymes attractive to insects.

The drug is convenient to use: it should be applied (according to the instructions) in small drops in places of movement of insects. After 3-5 days, there will be no trace of annoying neighbors. Usually, one treatment is enough to get rid of ants, but to fix the result, reapply the funds after about a month.

Important! The Raptor gel can be used in tandem with the Raptor aerosol. First, destroy the bulk of the working ants with an aerosol, and then with a gel remove those who are still preserved in the anthill, including the uterus. Two types of products can be bought in one place, but sometimes the manufacturer produces combined sets of aerosol and gel.

Gel “Great Warrior”

This tool is intended to combat garden and domestic ants. In addition to the bait, the composition of the gel includes two poisonous substances, which lead to their death.

The Great Warrior gel is available in a 30 ml syringe dispenser. This allows you to use the tool in hard to reach places. It is necessary to apply the gel in small droplets after 5-6 cm (dotted line) in places of accumulation and appearance of insects.

Important! The death of ants occurs within 24-36 hours after application of the product. Repeated processing is necessary only in cases where part of the ants still remained alive or the preparation was inadvertently washed off. It is necessary to process the apartment again no earlier than in a month.

Dohloks gel

This tool is used both to combat ants and cockroaches, rats and mice. The drug is produced in the form of a special syringe, which allows you to quickly and easily get rid of ants. The composition of the bait includes a professional prolonged-acting insecticide. The consumption rate is 8-10 drops per 1 m2 of infected area.

The death of insects occurs 1-3 days after the use of the drug. If the ants reappear, repeat the treatment.

Syringe gel “Brownie”

The drug is used to destroy cockroaches and ants. This insecticidal agent is capable of destroying both red, brown, black, and garden ants. It is used for household and medical pest control.

In an apartment and a house, the product is applied in dashed lines 2-3 cm long or in small drops. To kill ants in the garden - apply gel on the surface of small pieces of paper and place it on the entire cultivated area.

The death of insects occurs within 1-2 days after application. The composition of the drug has an intestinal effect and remains active for 2.5-3 months, so re-use is recommended no earlier than after 4 weeks.

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Precautions for using ant gels:

• Since any gel for the extermination of ants contains chemicals, use protective equipment when working with the preparation.
• Avoid contact with skin. If the product comes in contact with skin, immediately rinse the damaged area with plenty of water.
• After applying the gel, wash your hands thoroughly with soap and discard an empty container in the waste chute.
• Store in a dark place out of the reach of children.

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Pest Prevention

After successfully exterminating the ants, think over and apply reliable preventive protection against them, namely:

• Around the entrance doors, as well as outside and inside the ventilation ducts, windows, draw solid barrier stripes with insecticidal pencils.
• Maintain cleanliness in the premises, regularly do wet cleaning and dispose of garbage on time.
• In places of possible occurrence of insects, lay out dry leaves of wormwood or tansy.

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In order to count on complete success in the fight against ants, approach the event with complete seriousness and responsibility, because insects are much more tenacious than it might seem at first glance. We hope that our advice and recommendations will help you to get rid of uninvited guests forever, which means that in the future, thanks to preventive measures, you will not encounter this problem.