Ran side-by-side tests in a 900 sq ft, 65% RH basement for 10 days: a 0.05% fipronil gel showed first noticeable reduction at 36 hours and about 28% by day 3, while pre-baited stations didn’t move the needle until day 5 and lost ground after a clean-out. For those using stations in damp sites, is the lag uptake or bait aversion — and what’s your real-world hit rate?
In 65% RH I’ve found the station lag is mostly ‘wet bait funk’ and competing crumbs, not true aversion, so I raise stations an inch off the slab, use hydrophobic/protein inserts, and refresh them every 48–72 hours while mirroring tiny gel dots at harborages — like a nightclub flyer to get traffic. @OP, did you try an indoxacarb rotation plus a one‑night sugar-water pre‑feed and the height change?