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title: "Advance Carpenter Ant Bait Granules, Ready to Use Indoor or Outdoor, Attracts, Kills and Controls Ants, 8 oz"
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# Indoor & outdoor use Targets multiple ant species Ready-to-use granules Advance Carpenter Ant Bait Granules, Ready to Use Indoor or Outdoor, Attracts, Kills and Controls Ants, 8 oz

**Brand:** basf
**Price:** € 112.23
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🐜 Outsmart ants before they invade—your home’s secret weapon!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Advance Carpenter Ant Bait Granules, Ready to Use Indoor or Outdoor, Attracts, Kills and Controls Ants, 8 oz by basf
- **How much does it cost?** € 112.23 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- basf enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted basf brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Trusted Quality:** Backed by USDA standards and proven by thousands of satisfied users.
- • **Long-Term Defense:** Ideal for proactive seasonal perimeter treatments to keep ants at bay year-round.
- • **Versatile Application:** Works seamlessly indoors and outdoors to protect your entire home environment.
- • **Effortless Ant Control:** Ready-to-use formula means no mixing or mess—just set and forget.
- • **Broad-Spectrum Targeting:** Effectively eliminates carpenter, Acrobat, Bigheaded, Pavement ants and more.

## Overview

BASF Advance Carpenter Ant Bait Granules is a ready-to-use, USDA-compliant pest control solution designed to attract and eliminate multiple ant species both indoors and outdoors. Its granular formula simplifies application while delivering effective, long-lasting control, making it a top choice for millennial homeowners seeking hassle-free, professional-grade ant management.

## Description

PestControlPross is an independent company and distributor of pest control products. Pest Control Pros can not or the safety of the products listed on our website as this solely lies with the manufacturer of the product

Review: I usually do not write reviews unless I feel a product is really worthy or useful for a problem others may be having. What began as a few carpenter ants here and there became a creepy crawly, really annoying issue right on cue with the arrival of Spring. They would pop up in the most random places in the house on both floors. Knowing they are usually active at night made this problem even more cringeworthy, and although I hated the thought of killing an entire colony of creatures I was not willing to have this infestation. The key to effectively using this is patience and knowing that the bigger the problem the longer it may take. You absolutely need to resist the temptation to stop them where you find them and instead use them to help work the problem out for you. We used an opportunity of being away for a long weekend in mid-March (with the pets) to set out bait stations all over the place. These bait stations consisted of folded 6x6 inch pieces of cooking parchment paper (folded to be a little thicker) that we initially put piles of BASF Advance granules on (no need to purchase fancy bait stations). When we came home we found one station active, so we zeroed in on that area and baby-gated it so the dogs could not get near it. I added two more areas of parchment paper with bait piles (a couple of tablespoons) in line with the trails they were following and for about two nights in a row the piles of bait were reduced to nothing by the morning. When I noticed the granules were no longer being moved, I removed the paper with the granules and placed a pool of the MaxForce Fleet Gel on new parchment paper in the same area. For about 4 days/nights in a row it was a feeding frenzy. (I read more than I would ever want to about these creatures and the granules are the protein and the gel is the sweets they vacillate between craving.) I wasn't noticing any reduction in the number of ants coming and going around sunset (when they really come out) and I was so frustrated that they were still so active and kept appearing all over the house despite the bait being taken for nearly a week. But we kept at it. About Day 9 we started noticing a few dead ants here and there and some in the process of dying. The numbers started reducing until we only found about 4 or 5 live ones a day (instead of 4 or 5 every half hour) in really random areas. I was beginning to think there was a satellite nest. By the time week two rolled around (I kept the gel out and freshened it every other night), we went our first day without finding any ants - living or dead - and have been completely carpenter ant free since (about 2 weeks). I kept the bait available until I was 5 days ant free, just in case. We will now do the outdoor house perimeter preventative measure each fall and spring and if another is seen inside next spring for some reason I know my plan of attack. Lessons learned: 1) I would probably put both bait types out from the start on separate pieces of paper since you never know when they will prefer the one over the other (we lucked out by guessing what cycle they were in correctly). 2) Even though this is expensive, I was glad I used it liberally. No point in saving it when the goal it to get rid of the problem altogether. They "ate" what we put out and the evening dinner crowd consisted of dozens eating at any one time. 3) I will probably triple fold the pieces of paper next time, only for the fact that the gel hardens and in one area it seeped through and it took a little bit of scrubbing to get it off the floor. 4) I erred on the side of caution and Clorox wiped the bait station areas once the ants were gone (not before - you do not want to ruin the pheromone trail to the bait area they are making), just in case any bait debris was left and the dogs wanted to check out the area when the baby gate was removed. If the problem returns, I will update this review.
Review: I recently had a big problem with carpenter ants. Somewhere on my screened-in patio there was a nest (or two or three). Come nightfall -- the floor of the patio would have dozens of them moving around and a number of those would make it into the house. I purchased some pesticide designed for carpenter ants, mixed it at the ratio recommended and sprayed the patio floor. It killed dozens of ants. For days afterward I was sweeping up dead ants. That said... while the number reduced, there were still ants on the patio every night and still some getting into the house. After a week, I mixed more of the spray at the (higher) ratio recommended for termites. I resprayed the patio -- taking special care to hit all of the locations were I saw the ants most. The number of dead ants I was sweeping up increased a bit for a couple of nights... but then slowed to a trickle... and the ants never completely disappeared. All told, I spent probably three and a half weeks trying to git rid of the ants using the spray. Then I started searching for other methods and found a couple of different baits, including Advance. I picked this one because the reviews seemed pretty positive. I put a teaspoon or so in three caps from Gatorade bottles and placed these in a couple locations inside the house where the ones that made it inside were most prevalent plus one outside on the patio. About four days later... no ants on the patio... or in the house. About two weeks later, I had a separate infestation in my garage. I went out one evening to put some recycling in our bins and saw probably 20-30 ants wandering around the garage floor. I didn't even consider using spray. I put a teaspoon of bait in another Gatorade cap and put it down where I suspected they were coming from. As I stepped back from putting the cap down, I watched one ant that had been walking a few inches of where I put the cap stop abruptly... then it turned towards the cap and climbed in. Within 30 seconds of me putting the bait out, I had my first customer. About 45 minutes after putting the bait out, I went to check on it and there were easily a dozen ants at the buffet. Three days later... no carpenter ants in my garage. I can't swear this stuff will work for everyone... but it certainly did the trick for me.

## Features

- Use biocides safely. Always read the label and product information before use.
- Specially formulated to kill carpenter ants
- Effective on Acrobat, Bigheaded, Pavement and other ants.
- Can be used indoors and outdoors to control the ant population
- Ready-to-use product

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B00461HCLO |
| Batteries required | No |
| Best Sellers Rank | 76,515 in Garden ( See Top 100 in Garden ) 174 in Ant Control |
| Customer Reviews | 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars (1,879) |
| Date First Available | 11 Sept. 2010 |
| Import designation | Made in USA or Imported |
| Is assembly required | No |
| Item model number | LEPAC9946 |
| Item weight | 10.5 Ounces |
| Product Dimensions | 9.65 x 10.16 x 17.78 cm; 297.67 g |
| Specification met | USDA |

## Product Details

- **Active ingredients:** Abamectin 0.011%
- **Brand:** BASF
- **Item form:** Spray
- **Item weight:** 10.5 Ounces
- **Liquid volume:** 8 Fluid Ounces

## Images

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: Is this a sweet bait? Protein? Fat? All 3?**
A: Not a sweet bait. For that you would need the gel (comes in a tube applicator with plunger). The sweet gel needs only a drop here and there near the edge of their travel path and is very effective, if they are needing sweet. The granular works quite well when they need the protein/fat. It's a good idea to keep both on hand. The granular contains abemectin, which I have read is very low toxicity for people and animals.

**Q: what is the shelf life of this product?**
A: 3 to 5 years if stored properly

**Q: Barlett Tree service suggested this product to pour on the ground around a tree to kill carpenter ants in the tree. Do you think this would work?**
A: It may help, if the ants take the bait. Apparently Carpenter ants are picky eaters, sometimes they will take this bait, but most times not. IMHO. Also, if this bait is left outside, it seems to spoil after one or 2 days. If it rains, it's ruined.  Tried this bait on my screened in porch and at first it seemed to be working. Couple nights pass and I noticed the ants were by passing the bait I had put out 2 nights before.  I added some 'fresh' bait away from the old and they did start to take it. So I started putting out fresh bait every nite. Then the ants just wouldn't take it anymore. I eventually found that nest and destroyed it. The porch ants are gone. I must have another nest somewhere because I will still see an occasional ant in my kitchen.Trimming a tree last week I noticed some carpenter in it. From what I have researched, I may try a product with fipronil in it. There are two products that supposedly work well, Termidor SC and Taurus SC. The instructions for both suggest spraying a barrier around the house and on the trunk of suspected trees. Good luck!

**Q: I have the colony under the kitchen cabinet on top of the refrigerator where do I apply the bait? I am desperate**
A: If the colony appears to be under the kitchen cabinet over the refrigerator, that means it's spreading out fairly rapidly through the wooden cabinets.  Not good news!!  Apply the bait liberally all over that cabinet and look for other areas in adjacent cabinets where you can see sawdust; that 'sawdust' is caused by carpenter ants, so put the bait near that source too.  The bait works fairly quickly -- just keep it away from where children and pets can eat it.  Good luck!!

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by O***N on 11 April 2023*

I usually do not write reviews unless I feel a product is really worthy or useful for a problem others may be having. What began as a few carpenter ants here and there became a creepy crawly, really annoying issue right on cue with the arrival of Spring. They would pop up in the most random places in the house on both floors. Knowing they are usually active at night made this problem even more cringeworthy, and although I hated the thought of killing an entire colony of creatures I was not willing to have this infestation. The key to effectively using this is patience and knowing that the bigger the problem the longer it may take. You absolutely need to resist the temptation to stop them where you find them and instead use them to help work the problem out for you. We used an opportunity of being away for a long weekend in mid-March (with the pets) to set out bait stations all over the place. These bait stations consisted of folded 6x6 inch pieces of cooking parchment paper (folded to be a little thicker) that we initially put piles of BASF Advance granules on (no need to purchase fancy bait stations). When we came home we found one station active, so we zeroed in on that area and baby-gated it so the dogs could not get near it. I added two more areas of parchment paper with bait piles (a couple of tablespoons) in line with the trails they were following and for about two nights in a row the piles of bait were reduced to nothing by the morning. When I noticed the granules were no longer being moved, I removed the paper with the granules and placed a pool of the MaxForce Fleet Gel on new parchment paper in the same area. For about 4 days/nights in a row it was a feeding frenzy. (I read more than I would ever want to about these creatures and the granules are the protein and the gel is the sweets they vacillate between craving.) I wasn't noticing any reduction in the number of ants coming and going around sunset (when they really come out) and I was so frustrated that they were still so active and kept appearing all over the house despite the bait being taken for nearly a week. But we kept at it. About Day 9 we started noticing a few dead ants here and there and some in the process of dying. The numbers started reducing until we only found about 4 or 5 live ones a day (instead of 4 or 5 every half hour) in really random areas. I was beginning to think there was a satellite nest. By the time week two rolled around (I kept the gel out and freshened it every other night), we went our first day without finding any ants - living or dead - and have been completely carpenter ant free since (about 2 weeks). I kept the bait available until I was 5 days ant free, just in case. We will now do the outdoor house perimeter preventative measure each fall and spring and if another is seen inside next spring for some reason I know my plan of attack. Lessons learned: 1) I would probably put both bait types out from the start on separate pieces of paper since you never know when they will prefer the one over the other (we lucked out by guessing what cycle they were in correctly). 2) Even though this is expensive, I was glad I used it liberally. No point in saving it when the goal it to get rid of the problem altogether. They "ate" what we put out and the evening dinner crowd consisted of dozens eating at any one time. 3) I will probably triple fold the pieces of paper next time, only for the fact that the gel hardens and in one area it seeped through and it took a little bit of scrubbing to get it off the floor. 4) I erred on the side of caution and Clorox wiped the bait station areas once the ants were gone (not before - you do not want to ruin the pheromone trail to the bait area they are making), just in case any bait debris was left and the dogs wanted to check out the area when the baby gate was removed. If the problem returns, I will update this review.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by M***S on 14 November 2017*

I recently had a big problem with carpenter ants. Somewhere on my screened-in patio there was a nest (or two or three). Come nightfall -- the floor of the patio would have dozens of them moving around and a number of those would make it into the house. I purchased some pesticide designed for carpenter ants, mixed it at the ratio recommended and sprayed the patio floor. It killed dozens of ants. For days afterward I was sweeping up dead ants. That said... while the number reduced, there were still ants on the patio every night and still some getting into the house. After a week, I mixed more of the spray at the (higher) ratio recommended for termites. I resprayed the patio -- taking special care to hit all of the locations were I saw the ants most. The number of dead ants I was sweeping up increased a bit for a couple of nights... but then slowed to a trickle... and the ants never completely disappeared. All told, I spent probably three and a half weeks trying to git rid of the ants using the spray. Then I started searching for other methods and found a couple of different baits, including Advance. I picked this one because the reviews seemed pretty positive. I put a teaspoon or so in three caps from Gatorade bottles and placed these in a couple locations inside the house where the ones that made it inside were most prevalent plus one outside on the patio. About four days later... no ants on the patio... or in the house. About two weeks later, I had a separate infestation in my garage. I went out one evening to put some recycling in our bins and saw probably 20-30 ants wandering around the garage floor. I didn't even consider using spray. I put a teaspoon of bait in another Gatorade cap and put it down where I suspected they were coming from. As I stepped back from putting the cap down, I watched one ant that had been walking a few inches of where I put the cap stop abruptly... then it turned towards the cap and climbed in. Within 30 seconds of me putting the bait out, I had my first customer. About 45 minutes after putting the bait out, I went to check on it and there were easily a dozen ants at the buffet. Three days later... no carpenter ants in my garage. I can't swear this stuff will work for everyone... but it certainly did the trick for me.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by A***R on 20 August 2025*

Works for the smaller ants but carpenter ants is to be determined. Be careful if you have pets or small animals outside because they are attracted to it. Needs to be put into something only ants can get to.

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