Fire ants are one of the most frustrating ant species that can invade a home, recreational area, or etc. This is mainly so because of their natural predatory tendencies. Fire ants are known for their painful bites that can lead to potential health risks. Fire ants actually remain active all year long; however, with peak activity seasons, many people won’t even know that they are there until their colonies are well established and their mounds are readily visible in the spring. Being negligent with fire ant control can mean that you will struggle to control their populations the during their peak activity seasons. Make sure you gain the upper hand in preparation for a stress-free and fire-ant free spring season.

Fire Ant Treatment

There are two basic tactics in fire ant control that will effectively help you get rid of the fire ants from your yard Keep Reading

As the weather gets cooler, its fortunate that some of the crawling insects are beginning to die down. However, there are some insect pests that will be the most active during this cooling season when the nights get a little bit chillier and the days get shorter. Moreover, controlling some of these insect pests during the fall season can really mean a lot when it comes to the following spring season. Amongst a few of these insect pests, one of the most painful or annoying insect pests that can be controlled during the fall season are fire ants.

Habits of Fire Ants: A Seasonal Thing

There are said to be two main seasons of activity for fire ants. If one studied their behavior, they will easily see why they behave in such a manner. The peak activity seasons for fire ants are spring and fall. Of course, fire ants have huge social colonies. In order to survive, fire ants have adapted to and avoided the extremes of summer heat and winter cold by digging deep into the ground and almost “hibernating” during these seasons. Ideally, they begin foraging for food and actively mate in the spring, “hide” and continue breeding during the summer in the cool dirt, return during the fall to finish foraging for food, and then finally go into “hibernation” during the winter season. Keep Reading

Question : Winged ants in my attic space what will they do? How to get rid of them?

Termite       Ant

Answer  : The best way to approach this treatment would be to make sure that the ant swarmers are not termite swarmers. Termite swarmers and ant swarmers look very similar. The best way to distinguish them apart is to catch one with masking tape and observer their body segments. For termites, their head, thorax, and abdomen all look as if it all runs together. However ant swarmers have three very distinguished body segments where the head, thorax, and abdomen do not look as if they are all running together.
If they appear to be termite swarmers, it is recommended that you proceed with chemical spot treatment. 

Ant Indoor Control Kit

Phantom Pressurized Insecticide – 17.5

Question  : When summer hits, I have literally hundreds of ant hills I have to fight with for the rest of the season. I want to use a product(s) that will give me perimeter protection from all sorts of insects, and also will cover the yard to stop ants from spreading.

Answer    : Talstar EZ granular would probably be an efficient product on the job. It’s great for broadcast treatment and will cover a wide range of insects including ants, fire ants, ticks, chinch bugs, etc.

TALSTAR EZ GRANULAR

Question: My ant swarmers are carpenter ant swarmers in my attic which is mostly closed except where the plumbing pipes is exposed is there any way i can treat this area. Thanks.