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6-Pack TERRO Liquid Ant Bait + 2.5% SD Cashback

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$3.00

$6.99

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Ace Hardware has for Ace Rewards Members (free to join): 6-Pack TERRO Liquid Ant Bait on sale for $2.99 (add to cart for sale price). 2.5% Slickdeals Cashback is available for this store (PC extension required, before checkout). Select Free Store Pickup where stock permits.

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About this Product:
  • Kills the ants you see and the ones you don't
  • Ready to use – set the bait, attract ants, and kill the colony
  • Stay-fresh tab keeps liquid bait fresh until opened
  • Snap-off design makes it easy to open – no scissors needed
  • Use bait stations along baseboard, under appliances, on windowsills and wherever ants are numerous

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  • Price Research: Our research indicates that 6-Pack TERRO Liquid Ant Bait is $1.68 less (36.11% Savings) than the next best price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $4.68.
  • Ace Hardware Return Policy (details): You may return most items within 30 days from original purchase date as long as the item is unused, in like-new condition, and in the original packaging.
  • Reviews: These Ant Baits are highly rated receiving 4.6 Stars out of 5 Stars based on over 56,000 customer reviews from Amazon.

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Ace Hardware has for Ace Rewards Members (free to join): 6-Pack TERRO Liquid Ant Bait on sale for $2.99 (add to cart for sale price). 2.5% Slickdeals Cashback is available for this store (PC extension required, before checkout). Select Free Store Pickup where stock permits.

Thanks community member PortlandME for sharing this deal

About this Product:
  • Kills the ants you see and the ones you don't
  • Ready to use – set the bait, attract ants, and kill the colony
  • Stay-fresh tab keeps liquid bait fresh until opened
  • Snap-off design makes it easy to open – no scissors needed
  • Use bait stations along baseboard, under appliances, on windowsills and wherever ants are numerous

Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • Price Research: Our research indicates that 6-Pack TERRO Liquid Ant Bait is $1.68 less (36.11% Savings) than the next best price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $4.68.
  • Ace Hardware Return Policy (details): You may return most items within 30 days from original purchase date as long as the item is unused, in like-new condition, and in the original packaging.
  • Reviews: These Ant Baits are highly rated receiving 4.6 Stars out of 5 Stars based on over 56,000 customer reviews from Amazon.

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clf146
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Make this yourself: 1 part borax, 3 parts sugar, slowly add water until honey like in consistency, place near ant issue. you can make tons of it for pennies.
brandysue44
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This stuff does work!
Ludwigger
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Ants are either in sweet or protein cycle and forage for it. You can't tell which one they will go for without trying. That's why often exterminators set up both baits at the same time.
Also spray the perimeter of your dwelling.
That said, terro may work fine for minor infestations provided they are foraging for sweet

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May 11, 2021
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Nate650
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Speaking from experience and only for Argentine ants, this may work indoors if you have a minor infestation, but if there are multiple nests and not enough bait, it will just end up attracting more ants inside your place. I recommend first trying outdoor baits, sprinkling diatomaceous earth in problem areas, and sealing any cracks. 80% of an exterminator's time is spent locating the nests, so before killing off the ants, try to follow the trail to see where they are coming from.

Another observation is the opening of these is very small so not many ants can go in at a time and sometimes the opening gets blocked. The liquid itself is effective for sweet eating ants, but the vessel could be improved.
Last edited by Nate650 May 11, 2021 at 02:35 PM.
May 11, 2021
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scottman
May 11, 2021
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Yeah, the blister plastic on these make them prone to leak as you open them or spill easier after opened, but the price is actually cheaper than the big bottle per oz. (~$1.50 here vs $2.30). I prefer the solid stakes for ease of use and durability. The liquid doesn't seem to draw them in but works well if you drop it right in their path and some will swarm around it while others pass it by.
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OctoberFox
May 11, 2021
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank OctoberFox

These are a mixed blessing. If you have a serious infestation the poison in these work too fast to really permeate the colony. A pest control tech explained this to me because I had been using them for years dealing with sugar ants. He said that the bait pros use has a longer delay before it works, so it can reach deeper into colonies. This stuff is too fast acting, which is why these traps end up full of dead ants and the ants continue coming.

I've had no lasting efficacy with these and sugar ants, as well as wood eating red ants. YMMV.

As an aside: He did also say never to use repellents because those can actually increase the problem where the ants will divide around repellents and end up creating a new colony. He also said that Hot Shot baits were better because it was basically a milder dose of the exact same stuff he uses.

Hope this helps.
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BrendanB
May 11, 2021
342 Posts
Advance 375 granulated bait was much more effective for me and made less of a mess, but I had a SEVERE infestation which took me a while to figure out how to control.
May 11, 2021
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ohcatro
May 11, 2021
124 Posts
really does work for getting rid of ants. awesome product.
May 12, 2021
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hbk72777
May 12, 2021
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Quote from clf146 :
Make this yourself: 1 part borax, 3 parts sugar, slowly add water until honey like in consistency, place near ant issue. you can make tons of it for pennies.

Sure, if you want to get rid of your children along with the ants
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Tbl5143
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Quote from brandysue44 :
This stuff does work!
Hm well I followed the instructions but for some reason I could never get rid of them. Don't know why. I tried like three times over the years.

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clf146
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Quote from hbk72777 :
Sure, if you want to get rid of your children along with the ants
terro uses borax to kill ants. borax is used in household items such as laundry aids and soap. treat borax like any household cleaner, and do not supply it to your children.
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Mattacks
May 12, 2021
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Quote from OctoberFox :
These are a mixed blessing. If you have a serious infestation the poison in these work too fast to really permeate the colony. A pest control tech explained this to me because I had been using them for years dealing with sugar ants. He said that the bait pros use has a longer delay before it works, so it can reach deeper into colonies. This stuff is too fast acting, which is why these traps end up full of dead ants and the ants continue coming.

I've had no lasting efficacy with these and sugar ants, as well as wood eating red ants. YMMV.

As an aside: He did also say never to use repellents because those can actually increase the problem where the ants will divide around repellents and end up creating a new colony. He also said that Hot Shot baits were better because it was basically a milder dose of the exact same stuff he uses.

Hope this helps.
Agreed, my experience mirrors this. A while ago, these seemed to work better but not recently. No matter how many of these i would put out, they just kept coming with dead ants all around it. Optigard ant along their trails eliminates them in a day or two completely.
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IKM
May 12, 2021
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Quote from BeautifulLumber9989 :
I was just gonna post this. Spot on bro
where to get Borax?
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OctoberFox
May 12, 2021
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Quote from Mattacks :
Agreed, my experience mirrors this. A while ago, these seemed to work better but not recently. No matter how many of these i would put out, they just kept coming with dead ants all around it. Optigard ant along their trails eliminates them in a day or two completely.
Thanks for recommending that, I'll check it out. The image alone pretty much looks like what my pest control guy uses.
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CinnabonBoy
May 12, 2021
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Quote from IKM :
where to get Borax?
amazon, walmart, grocery stores, etc. check the laundry aisle.
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DEALGUY315
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Borax , sugar and baking soda work well too
May 12, 2021
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megazone23
May 12, 2021
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This thing works every time.

Quote from clf146 :
Make this yourself: 1 part borax, 3 parts sugar, slowly add water until honey like in consistency, place near ant issue. you can make tons of it for pennies.
Time costs.
I have better more interesting things to do.
I guess next time I should mine some borax when I camp at Death Valley.

Quote from BeautifulLumber9989 :
Dollar tree also has ant powder that works for indoors
Powder needs cleaning up.
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Daddyofthree
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I have a vegetable garden in the backyard. Is it ok to put this 10 feet from it?

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