Just sprinkle the insect dehydrator on or around ant hills and other entrances – use two tablespoons on fire ant mounds. When insects crawl back into their nest, they can contaminate the rest of the colony. The active ingredients, 60% silicon dioxide and 1% pyrethrin, sucks the moisture out of insects and works up to six months after application. Effective against cockroaches, ants, earwigs, ticks, bedbugs, termites, hornets, spiders, beetles and many other insects. Total Solutions Demise Fire Ant and Insect Dehydrator - 6oz. Puffer Bottle