@CrumbCleaner Same here, I swear the fewer dirty dishes I leave out, the fewer ants show up. Kitchen hygiene is underrated.
Swapped over to a slower-acting bait that takes a few days to kill, but they haul it back to the nest. The slow kill seems more thorough.
I’ve got pet-safe ant traps near entry points, ants go in, get ‘surprised,’ and we notice a clean floor a few hours later. Works wonders.
For me, the combo of gel bait, DE barriers, and cleaning up food crumbs was the key. Took a little discipline, but ants are basically gone now.