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Ant Shield 1 gal. Ready-to-Use Insect Killer

$11.27
  • Kills ants, roaches, fleas, silverfish and other listed insects
  • For indoor or outdoor use as a barrier or spot treatment
  • Up to 9 months of control with easy spray wand
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The power is in your hands to keep your landscape in line - unleash it with Spectracide lawn and garden products. Our easy-to-use, fast-acting insect, lawn disease and weed control solutions help you tame lawn and landscape invaders with incredible pest-punishing power. Take command with Spectracide brand. You hold the power.Spectracide Ant Shield Insect Killer Ready-To-Use kills over 20 ant species on contact. Use it as a home barrier treatment both indoors and outdoors to help protect your home from invading ants. It provides up to 9 months control indoors with a non-staining formula that leaves no odor. This formula also kills carpenter ants, Asian beetles, roaches, fleas, ticks, spiders, crickets, earwigs, silverfish and other listed insects. Indoors, spray it in cracks and crevices, along baseboards, under sinks, behind stoves and refrigerators and anywhere insects may hide. Outdoors, treat surfaces of screens, doors and window frames, porches, patios, buildings or wherever insects may enter. Trigger sprayer included. One gallon will cover 800 square feet.To use Spectracide Ant Shield Insect Killer Ready-To-Use as a barrier treatment, apply a continuous band around your home foundation outdoors. Apply as a coarse spray to thoroughly and uniformly wet the foundation and/or band area so this product reaches the thatch level where pests may be active.
  • HOME BARRIER TREATMENT: For indoor and outdoor use - helps protect your home against invading ants.
  • KILLS OVER 20 SPECIES OF ANTS AS LISTED: Apply to ant trails, around doors and windows and wherever else ants may find entrance.
  • RESIDUAL CONTROL: Offers up to 9 months of control indoors.
  • NON-STAINING: Non-staining formula leaves no odor (see product label for details).
  • MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE: Guaranteed results or your money back - see product label for details.
  • This product is applicable for the following pest types: Ants, Beetles, Boxelder Bugs, Brown Dog Ticks, Carpet Beetles, Centipedes, Crickets, Earwigs, Firebrats, Fleas, Millipedes, Rice Weevils, Roaches, Scorpions, Silverfish, Sowbugs and Pillbugs, Spiders, Stinkbugs, Stink Bugs, Ticks, Waterbugs, White Footed Ants
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Q:Can i spray this on my foundation to keep ants out of the house?
by|Jun 14, 2021
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A:  Thank you for your question. Apply a continuous band of insecticide around your foundation and around windows, doors, utility line entrances, eaves, vents and other areas to reduce the potential for entry by crawling pests. Apply the band up to 3 ft wide around the structure and upwards along the foundation to 3 ft.

by|Jun 15, 2021

    A:  yes

    by|Jun 15, 2021

    A:  Spray a three foot band around the hose. Mike

    by|Jun 15, 2021

    A:  Yes. Just make sure it doesn't rain for a day or two

    by|Jun 24, 2021
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      Q:is this pet friendly?
      by|Jul 19, 2020
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      A:  Thank you for your question. All of our herbicides and insecticides are safe to use in households with children and pets. You do need to keep children and pets off and out of treated area until the product has completely dried. After dry, the area is completely safe for your children and/or pets.

      by|Feb 16, 2023
        1 found this answer helpful
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        Q:Does this product do harm to the bushes, trees, plants? Thanks.
        by|Apr 21, 2020
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        A:  It will not harm the bushes, trees, plants as long as it is not applied directly to them.

        by|Apr 22, 2020

          A:  Thank you for your question. Our product is for crack and crevice and foundation treatment only. The product shouldn't be applied directly to trees, plants, shrubs or flowers.

          by|Apr 22, 2020

            A:  No, I believe it is plant safe...

            by|May 31, 2020

            A:  says it will not harm bushes, trees, plants.....Just remember some plants like Peonies need the ants to do their job in order for them to bloom properly, the ants eat the nectar on the blooms.

            by|May 17, 2022
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            A:  no but some plants like Peonies need the ants to do their job of eating the nectar from the blooms

            by|Jun 1, 2020
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            Q:Is this harmful for dogs and cats?
            by|Apr 4, 2020
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            A:  Hi Craig,thank you for the inquiry regrading our Spectracide Ant Shield 1 gal. Ready-to-Use Insect Killer. All of our herbicides and insecticides are safe to use in households with children and pets. You do need to keep children and pets off and out of treated area until the product has completely dried. After dry, the area is completely safe for your children and/or pets. The products should also be kept out of the reach of children and out of pet's access.If you have any further questions Please contact us at 1-800-917-5438 or email us at youropinioncounts@spectrumbrands.com so that we may better assist you.

            by|Apr 4, 2020

              A:  Spray pesticides can be harmful if breathed in or if your pet is confined in the space too soon after spraying or walks through a treated area before the product has dried. Products used to eliminate ants from the home are relatively safe for people and pets when care is taken at the time of use.

              by|Jun 1, 2020

              A:  I have used it in the house, and I have a cat and dog inside. I have never had a problem with my animals being around it.

              by|Apr 6, 2020
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                Customer Reviews

                3.5 out of 5
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                Our yard has tons of ant hills. Ant Shield has killed the ants quickly.
                Our yard has tons of ant hills. Ant Shield has killed the ants quickly.
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                I was remodeling a deck this week, and found a nest of carpenter ants against the house. Went to ...
                I was remodeling a deck this week, and found a nest of carpenter ants against the house. Went to HD and grabbed a gallon of Ant Shield, treated the area and around the entire structure. Easy to use dispenser, seems very effectively.
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                Worked as advertised....
                Worked as advertised.
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                Does not kill ants , it only slows them down...
                Does not kill ants , it only slows them down and once it dries they come right back.
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                Response from SpectracideExpertMay 18, 2023
                Hi HomeDepotCustomer,thank you for providing your feedback regarding our Spectracide Ant Shield 1 gal. Ready-to-Use Insect Killer . We're sorry to hear that the product didn't provide the expected results. The satisfaction of our consumers is very important to us. Please contact us at 1-800-917-5438 or email us at youropinioncounts@spectrumbrands.com so that we may better assist you. When contacting us back please refer to case number 1918869.
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                I sprayed it directly on the ants and they acted...
                I sprayed it directly on the ants and they acted like nothing happened. Tried multiple times and it does nothing. Not worth it
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                Response from SpectracideExpertMay 18, 2023
                Hi Jjjj, thank you for providing your feedback regarding our Spectracide Ant Shield 1 gal. Ready-to-Use Insect Killer. We're sorry to hear that the product didn't provide the expected results. The satisfaction of our consumers is very important to us. Please contact us at 1-800-917-5438 or email us at youropinioncounts@spectrumbrands.com so that we may better assist you. When contacting us back please refer to case number 1918849.
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                Effective
                Easy to apply, effective for several months
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                Ants died after application, it has only been one...
                Ants died after application, it has only been one week so I'm not sure how long it will last.
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