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Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel uses a high moisture content to attract carpenter ants. Provides fast control in 3-5 days. Maxforce gel uses a delayed action kill so the bait is passed throughout the carpenter ant colony. Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel provides for the sweet diet of carpenter ants and therefore works well when used in conjunction with a protein-based bait as well such as Advanced Carpenter Ant Bait. Each order will contain 1 plunger no matter how many tubes of gel you purchase. If you buy a case and you are re-selling the product or dividing it, you should purchase additional plungers here.

Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel Label

Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel MSDS

Active Ingredient:	Fipronil 0.001%
Target pests:	Carpenter Ant
Application:	Apply gel in spots in cracks and crevices. For best results, place many spots of dabs of gel where you see ants foraging and entering the structure. The gel will stay attractive to ants for up to two weeks. Inspect gel placement and reapply as needed.
Yield:	27 gram tube yields 27 spots of bait.
Manufactured by:	Bayer

Active Ingredient: Fipronil - .001%

DESCRIPTION:Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel uses a high moisture content to attract carpenter ants. Provides fast control in 3-5 days. Maxforce gel uses a delayed action kill so the bait is passed throughout the carpenter ant colony. Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel provides for the sweet diet of carpenter ants and therefore works well when used in conjunction with a protein-based product such as Advance 375A Carpenter Ant Bait.

USE: Apply dabs of gel in cracks and crevices, and anywhere you see carpenter ants foraging and/or entering the structure. Can be placed in corners of cabinets and drawers, around pipes, etc. Do not place gel where insecticides have been sprayed. This will cause the gel to be unattractive to the ants. Carpenter ants are most active between 10pm-4am. It may be necessary to look for activity during these times to know where to effectively place Maxforce gel. Always read the label!

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(24 customer reviews)

12 of 13 people found this review helpful:

By Ryan on August 9, 2007

This stuff ROCKS!! I killed like 5-10 ants a DAY by hand until I freaked and bought the Maxforce Carpenter Ant gel tube. Carpenter ants are super-finicky, but Thursday I started applying it. They sucked it right out of the tube (must be tasty!). Within a day ants were walking around like they were drunk. I kept feeding them the bait and within 3 days queen ants were walking around drunk and dying. And now this is day 7, I havent seen any ants today, except the ones I poisoned outside (die ants, DIE!). This stuff has been a savior. It cost $500 for an exterminator. I bought the granules too, as well as some junk from Home Depot. It helped, but MAXFORCE did the trick. You won't be disappointed.

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful:

By Kathy on April 16, 2007

I just received my order yesterday. This morning I decided to put out the Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel along a beam that I have seen the ants use as a 'trail'. I know they are more active in the evening/night, but wanted to get it out there. There were two ants scouting around when I put it out at about 10:00 AM. Literally 10-15 minutes later there were about 20 ants at the bait. An hour later there were at least a hundred ants, and 2-3 different types of workers! I was amazed as it was daytime and only about 47 degrees! Talk about an efficient bait. I placed some of the advance carpenter bait granules near the place, and closer to where I suspect a nest. I guess I'll just sit back and wait. If they work as good as they attract, we ought to be ant free in a short while! Thanks for your great product offering that's not in stores around here.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful:

It definitely works

By Scott on July 1, 2009

I fooled around with sprays outside and the granules. I had carpenter ants on my deck outside and they were coming inside and built a nest in a wall. All the other poisons just slow them down, but they always come back. I put a few drops of Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel outside and within minutes they were all eating it. Now I just have to wait and see if it kills them. So far, so good. If you have carpenter ants, don't even waste your money on anything else. Nothing else is going to do the job.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful:

Worked great; highly recommended

By Jim on May 26, 2010

My wife an I just bought out "dream house," only to discover a major carpenter ant infestation (which our pest inspector didn't detect). They swarmed on the first warm day; were all over our upstairs, in our infant and toddler's rooms, travelling through AC ducts. I ordered the Maxforce Gel Bait, along with Drione Dust, and Suspend SC. After reading some of the "how to" info associated with this site, and watching some YouTube videos, I did a little "hunting" at 2:00 AM, and found the ants' "trail." There were literally hundreds, if not thousands, of ants going between my house and the nearby woods. I tracked them between a rotting pine log, and a gap under my wood siding. The ant activity died down the next day, but picked up again to full strength by 10:00 PM the next night. That's when I started feeding them the Maxforce gel. In total, I feed them 2 tubes in one night. I put quarter-sized drops every 5-7 inches, on the rocks along the path. (I made sure my cats and dog were kept inside.) The ants LOVED it. It was amazing to me how they swarmed the drops. Each drop would get about 20-30 ants forming a circle around it, eating up the bait. I had to go out every couple of hours to give them more (they ate the drops clean). The next night, I tried to feed them some more, but they were not nearly as interested. (Wonder why? Surely they can't "learn" that quickly.) In any case, two days later, my wife notices that 50 or so dead ants had fallen out of the AC vent in our bedroom ceiling. I cut into the dead log, and found hundreds of dead ants. There were dead ants along the "trail." Two days later, no more ant activity has been observed. Now I'm going to use the Drione dust in the cracks/voids, and spray Suspend SC around my house/foundation. BTW - I was super impressed with the customer service and support at DoMyOwnPestControl.com - it was definitely a pleasure doing business with these folks.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful:

Crack for Carpenter Ants

By Jason on May 4, 2009

I can now say that I've hand fed ants. They would stand up on their little legs and suck the poison right out of the dispenser tube! I fed the buggers almost the entire tube of Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel so either I gave them an early spring treat OR hopefully right now they're all suffering terrible tummy aches.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful:

Maxforce bait gel is like an ant magnet

By Mark on June 23, 2010

This produce works great to attract carpenter ants using this along with Advanced Carpenter Ant Bait it is the best last meal an ant ever had, with in days I noticed no more ants! I recommend this Maxforce bait gel to attract and eliminate ants.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful:

Works Well

By Ken on June 22, 2010

I Have used half a tube and I would say 98% of the carpenter ants (Outside- deck area) are gone. I think one more dose will eliminate the rest. I highly recommend !

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful:

Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel

By Bob on May 28, 2010

I purchased the Maxforce on May 18, 2010. Put the gel in many different places where the carpenter ants were traveling and watched them everyday for five days (5-10 ants at a time). The ants would not touch the gel. They would go near it and go right around. Not happy at all with product. Had to give it one star, would not allow 0.

Expert response:

Ants are very picky eaters. If the ants walk by the gel in this situation, it means that they were not in the mood this week for a sweet sugar bait, they were in the mood for more of a protein bait. This is why we made our Carpenter Ant Kit #1, which comes with this Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait as well as the Advance Carpenter Granular bait. The Advance bait is a protein based bait. It is always better to give the ants an option, so if they are not in the mood for the sugar, you have the granule available which is a protein. Also, even though the ants went by it this week, they may be looking for sugar next week. Sometimes with ants you have to give it time.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful:

Great Product, works quickly and is easy to use!

By KC on May 6, 2010

We had problems with carpenter ants for three years and this year they were really bad, lots of workers and too many queens to count. I worked in pest control for 4 years and was not willing to utilize the conventional drill & spray treatment that I thought we probably needed. After reading a few customers experience w/Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bail Gel I thought I'll give it a try before I call a pest control company. I applied the gel in the evening (not ideal) and as other customer indicated, the ants very quickly went to the bait and began eating it. In three days I saw maybe one carpenter ant & have not seen any in a couple of weeks. This stuff is wonderful and I love the idea that they are killing the nest. Even some commercial treatments can not be sure they treat all the nest locations when they spray. I am sold on this stuff and will recommend it to anyone dealing with carpenter ants.

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Great Service

By Sandra on May 6, 2010

Fast, efficient service. I received the product in record time. Too soon to know yet if it works. Those little buggers have to carry it back to the nest. I'm hoping to see lots of little dead bodies.

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Maxforce is effective

By Maureen on August 14, 2010

Our garage was built twenty years ago and is surrounded by lots of brush and trees . We noticed some damage in the beams and under the wall shakes ,when the wood was pulled away hundreds of carpenter ants swarmed out . I put down the Maxforce carpenter bait gel around them and they ate every last bit . We replaced the parts of beams and siding damaged and on daily inspection haven't seen any ants since.

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Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel

By Debby on July 28, 2010

I purchased Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel on the advice of an entamologist from UW Madison, WI. It worked so fast! I put it up on the ceiling at the beam where they were coming out and the little troopers were swarming the gel to take home to their colony. The ants were GONE the next day. Thanks so much, Debby

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Ants lost interest

By Tim on July 18, 2010

How much is enough? I fed the ants the bait for three nights until I ran out. They ate it up on the first night at the satellite nest along my wall, but would not touch it thereafter. They would purposefully walk around it. At the main nest they ate an entire tube over three days. Some large adults have died,but they still keep coming. This is 2 tubes $35 later. Its getting expensive.

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Didn't Work Well For Me

By Michael on June 28, 2010

Purchased this product because of the good reviews and the recommendation from a pest control company. Baited around each room and was surprised that the tube really doesn't go very far. The tube was less than half filled when I received it. Still was seeing ants a week later and baited again until I ran out of it. After baiting twice over 12 days I am still seeing both alive and dead carpenter ants around the house.

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The Neutron Bomb of ant baits

By George on June 23, 2010

This stuff is outstanding. I had a bad infestation on an interior wall - I actually found the nest area under a suspended ceiling in the basement. I put some of the bait near the nest and for the next month I would find maybe a hundred dead ants on the basement floor every few days. I added more bait every 5 or 6 days until they stopped showing up. Had another infestation that probably was in the exterior wall of the kitchen. I squirted some under the cabinets and in a few days we stopped seeing ants. I followed up a couple of times to make sure we got them all. This works like nothing else does.

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		Question about this product? Ask our product experts...

Is the Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel safe to use in that room if he can't get to the bait directly?

I find the most ants in my sons playroom. He is 13 mo. Is the Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel safe to use in that room if he can't get to the bait directly?

A	Absolutely. Gel baits are preferred in situations where children are involved such as schools or day cares because it has a very low toxicity and it can be placed out of reach. If the bait is placed out of reach then there will be no issues with your baby being in the room.

Since it's toxic to birds, do I have to worry about my free-range poultry possibly eating "contaminated" ants?

A	There should be no issues or effect on your chickens that may eat some ants. The amount of active ingredient in the Maxforce Carpenter Ant Gel is so small there have never been any issues with secondary poisoning.

Does the Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel have a contact toxicity at later date??

I have ants in a bedroom wall (just above the top wood frame). If this gel is applied to that area what problems might occur (ex: toxicity to a person) when handling the wood to clean that area, put up curtains etc in the future??? Is there a time frame in which it becomes inactive (like sprays do)?? Also food is eaten in that room does the gel pose any health threat???

Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel will not pose any threat to food or people eating the food in a room wherethe gel has been applied. Simply contacting a small dab of the gel should not pose any type of health risk at all. If you would like to limit any contact or exposure you can place the bait into a bait plate station instead of on an open area on a wall.

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