
Note: Spectracide Terminate features many strong chemicals and could poison any aquatic creatures you may have in your pond, like fish or frogs. You should check the stakes every few months and replace them once a year. Be sure to place them in moisture-high locations, like poor drainage areas. To set up the Spectracide Terminate, you should place stakes no less than 10 feet apart around the perimeter of your home. Depending on the size of your home, you may need 10 or 20 stakes, so you may need to buy several packages. Termites will pick up the poison and bring it back to their colony, transmitting it to all the other termites. The termite indicator couldn’t be simpler-it pops up as soon as the termite takes the bait. Spectracide Terminate has 15 stakes with pesticide-filled baits. Spectracide Terminate may be a game-changer for you-it actually detects the presence of termites, which often go unnoticed until they’ve done a lot of damage. ✘ Potentially toxic to aquatic creatures, so can’t be used near ponds ✘ Need more maintenance than common sprays ✔ Detects termite activity / easy to understand However, it’s safe around pets-it shares its active ingredient with common pet flea medications. Taurus SC also kills off roaches, centipedes, wasps, ants, and other pests. The termites will begin dying off in a few weeks, and by 90 days, the entire colony will be eliminated. Taurus SC is not as fast-acting as some other termiticides, but it’s more thorough in that it fully eradicates the entire colony. Instead, termites can’t smell this termiticide and don’t notice it-which is why they cross over it and bring the poison with them when they return to the colony, “infecting” the other termites. Taurus SC is not a termite-repellent, which termites can detect. To use Taurus SC, you need to dig a six-inch trench around your home’s perimeter and pour the solution in every 10 feet. This highly effective, highly concentrated termiticide is one of the best termite killers available. *Fipronil, the active ingredient in many cat and dog flea medicines, is the active ingredient in this termiticide. ✘ Proper application is effort-intensive, involving digging ✔ Used by professional pest control companies ✔ Effective against termites as well as other pests
