Optigard Ant Gel Bait is designed for the control of ants: excluding fire, harvester and Pharaoh ants.

• Attractiveness of the bait to ants is enhanced by its high moisture retention properties and the bait will remain attractive for at least two weeks following bait deployment.

• This bait takes advantage of ant trophallaxis (regurgitation) allowing for transfer of active ingredients throughout the colony.

• Ants that feed on the gel will return to their nest and transfer the bait to the queen and their young, thereby killing the queen, the young and the entire colony.

• Dead ants should begin to appear within days after ants have begun feeding on the bait.

• Substantial reduction in ants foraging should be seen within a few days to a week.

• For effective management of certain ant species such as Argentine ant, reduction of food sources (such as honeydew-producing insects like aphids) near entry points around the structure is critical.

• Long term control is most effectively obtained with a combination of methods for ant management.