We've had a series of ant forays which we've countered w/ my favorite weapon...........a small wadded ball of masking tape.......like N-sided sticky tape............but they seem to want to keep returning even after many days of peace and quiet. DW bought a box of Terro traps.....the indoor ones are the clear plastic containers w/ liquid in them and a red-marked small rectangular door you cut open.
Questions:
1) if I follow instructions and hold trap vertically while I cut door open, the liquid seems to want to stay in an inner reservoir when the trap is returned to the normal horizontal position. It looks like there is an "outer" reservoir that the liquid could flow into but the instructions do not indicate that I should have liquid there. Perhaps it is just secondary containment. Will it work effectively if the liquid is only in the inner reservoir. Both reservoirs are
inside the trap door.
2)Instead of cutting the trap door open as illustrated w/ a large scissors
which seems like it would open more than just the colored rectangle, I used a small sharp scissors to just cut out the colored rectangle. However when
cut this way, it looks to me like the open rectange is sitting on the flat surface which seems like it would inhibit entry. Should the door be enlarged beyond the colored area?
3) Any instances where the traps just were an attractive nuisance attracting more and more ants w/o eventual victory? Must be hard to stand by and just watch swarms of ants w/o retaliating.
Questions:
1) if I follow instructions and hold trap vertically while I cut door open, the liquid seems to want to stay in an inner reservoir when the trap is returned to the normal horizontal position. It looks like there is an "outer" reservoir that the liquid could flow into but the instructions do not indicate that I should have liquid there. Perhaps it is just secondary containment. Will it work effectively if the liquid is only in the inner reservoir. Both reservoirs are
inside the trap door.
2)Instead of cutting the trap door open as illustrated w/ a large scissors
which seems like it would open more than just the colored rectangle, I used a small sharp scissors to just cut out the colored rectangle. However when
cut this way, it looks to me like the open rectange is sitting on the flat surface which seems like it would inhibit entry. Should the door be enlarged beyond the colored area?
3) Any instances where the traps just were an attractive nuisance attracting more and more ants w/o eventual victory? Must be hard to stand by and just watch swarms of ants w/o retaliating.