Fire Ant Control

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

• How does your Fire Ant Control program work?

  To eliminate a fire ant colony, the queen must be killed. Our Fire Ant Control program is a granular bait application that appears to scavenging worker ants as food, but it is actually poisonous to them.

  The worker fire ants carry the bait back to the nest to distribute the "food" to the larvae, queen, and other types of ants within the colony, who will die after eating the bait.

  The process usually takes about 6-8 weeks to wipe out all of the fire ant mounds in your lawn.

• When is the best time of year to get rid of fire ants?

  There really is no best time of year to treat your property for fire ants. Any time of year works! The product remains in your soil, and it will kill off ants as they forage and attempt to find new areas to set up. Don't let your property fall victim!

• How quickly does your service eliminate the fire ants in my lawn?

  Our application should begin to take effect within a few days of application, but you may not see results begin for about a week. Once the bait is being distributed among the mounds in your lawn, it should only be about 3-4 weeks before all the mounds in your lawn disappear.

• How often do you treat for fire ants?

  Our fire ant treatment is highly effective and will only need to be applied one time per year.

  If you do happen to see any active fire ant mounds pop up within one year of your treatment, we will gladly come back and treat those mounds for free.

• What and how do fire ants eat?

  Fire ants prefer eating plants, microscopic organisms, reptiles, birds, spiders, and even mammals. In the mornings and evenings, worker fire ants scavenge for food and carry the food back to the nest to distribute to the entire colony, including the queen, larvae, and other workers.

• How big are fire ant colonies?

  Fire ant colonies can have a single queen or multiple queens.

  Single-queen colonies are territorial in nature, limiting populations to approx. 150 mounds with 7 million ants per acre.

  Multiple-queen colonies share resources and are tolerant of other colonies. These colonies may include up to 300 mounds and 40 million ants per acre.

• Additional questions?

  Please don't hesitate to ask! We are happy to answer any questions you have about our Fire Ant Control program or any other service we offer. Please visit our locations page for more information on how to get in touch with your local branch!