New Bait Package, easier to use...Terro Ant Bait Stakes, Home Depot SKU number: 204661245, Suppled by the Home Depot SEEDs program.
The Terro ant bait Stakes are a new version of their proven ant bait system. The “stake’ version is an new plastic housing with a stake or spike molded into the base for supporting the container of liquid ant bait. The bait container housing is ~2 inches high by ~1.7 inches wide, with a ~2.3 inch long spike on the bottom for planting in the ground around where the ants are residing. There is a window in the side of the housing to allow for checking the level of the liquid bait. There is a simple twist off bait opening, that is removed when placing the bait. This provide a opening for the ants to access the bait. The opening is toward the top end of the bait housing, thus placing it higher from the base, and making it less likely that rain water will wash into the bait and flush it away. The housing seems to be quite sturdy. I think this new design would also be harder for pets, or small animals to get into
I have used Terro Ant baits before, and they work quite well for ants that like sweet based foods. Terro products come in a verity of product package formats. From a just a small vial of the liquid bait, to flat clear bait containers, to larger, outside containers.
This new bait trap design I think is better and easier to use than their older outside design. It also seems simpler, and at the same time sturdier.
As to how well they perform, I my experience, they work quite well for the type of ants that they are designed to attract, and eliminate.
I would recommend them to anyone with a ant problem.
by BobC