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 Outdoor Killing Stakes kill the queen and destroy the colony. These child-resistant and weather-resistant bait stations start killing in hours - ants enter the bait station and eat the bait, then return to the colony to kill others. The colony stops reproducing and begins to die, preventing ants from the colony from infesting your home. This powerful and long-lasting bait lasts up to 3 months to keep ants from coming back.Place one bait stake into the ground along each ant trail around the outside of your home. Place stakes in areas inaccessible to children, pets and other non-target animals. Larger homes or homes with heavy infestations may require 2 or more bait stakes to achieve control. For continued outdoor control, replace baits every 3 months, or sooner if infestation is heavy. Carton contains 6 stakes. Features: ANT BAIT STAKES: Kills the queen and destroys the colony - ants eat and return to the colony to kill others. POWERFUL BAIT: Starts killing in hours. KEEPS ANTS FROM COMING BACK: Long-lasting bait keeps killing up to 3 months. WEATHER-RESISTANT BAIT STATIONS: Use outdoors - kills ants where they breed. MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE: Guaranteed results or your money back - see product label for details. This product is applicable for the following pest types: Ants