Chlordane is the most effective in- secticide to use against ants. An appli- cation will quickly kill ants in the cur- rent infestation and will prevent rein- festation for weeks or months. You can buy chlordane in a hard- ware, drug, or department store.

What insects does chlordane kill?

Uses. Heptachlor is an organochlorine cyclodiene insecticide, first isolated from technical chlordane in 1946. During the 1960s and 1970s, it was used primarily by farmers to kill termites, ants, and soil insects in seed grains and on crops, as well as by exterminators and home owners to kill termites.

Can you still buy chlordane?

Chlordane Banned in 1988

Today, Chlordane can still be manufactured legally in the United States, but may only be sold to and used by foreign countries.