Why does the same bug spray stop working after a while?
Pest control products that used to work quickly can lose effectiveness over time, leading to a sudden resurgence of bugs like ants and nymphs. This leaves homeowners struggling to get ahead of infestations when repeated applications fail to knock them out.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1using alpine and advion as well as gentrol
- 2planning to do a domyown kit that includes fuse bait and a spray
- 3using glue traps
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I've been using the same ant spray around my house for a while now and lately it feels like it barely does anything. It used to knock them out pretty quickly, but the last couple times they've just come back.”source ↗
“I am curious about this as well.”source ↗
Where this came up
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