11-24-2014, 01:55 PM
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Originally posted by Karma96749
I have been using Siesta and Telsta (?spelling).
Does anyone know if you can get results using these 2 products without using Tango?
I have heard that the ants can recognize Amdro after a while and will not eat it.
Can the ants also recognize Telsta and Siesta?
Couldn't you just use Telsta and create blocks around the areas?
Or is the answer to long term control only Tango?
Karma
Kind of an apples / oranges thing. Tango doesn't kill ants- it is a growth inhibitor which prevents eggs from hatching and pupae from becoming ants. It is basically ant birth control It is effective because during the treatment period the worker ants continue to bring more and more Tango bait to the colony. Eventually the workers and queens die of old age or other natural causes, hence it takes about 3 months to see it work. Insecticides kill ants, but it doesn't stop the eggs from hatching or all the pupae from growing up, so it is a temporary solution. LFA have thousands of queens so if you kill all the laying queens her prodigy and clones will soon be hatching. Using baits is necessary because its impossible to "tent" your entire property. Just putting poison or poison bait on the ground only kills a few ants and only temporarily.