Fire Ant Control
What Are Fire Ants and Why Are They Dangerous?
Fire ants are aggressive, invasive insects that build large underground colonies with visible mounds on the surface. A single colony can contain 100,000 to 500,000 ants and multiple queens. Their stings are painful and can cause severe allergic reactions — even life-threatening anaphylaxis in sensitive individuals. Children, pets, and anyone with allergies face the highest risk. Beyond health concerns, fire ants damage electrical equipment, irrigation systems, and landscaping. If you have seen active mounds on your property, the threat is real and treatment should not be delayed. Professional control eliminates the entire colony — not just the ants you can see.
Our Targeted Mound Treatment Approach
Our Fire Ant Control Program uses a targeted mound-treatment approach rather than blanket broadcast applications across your entire property. This method focuses on active mounds where fire ants pose an immediate threat, maximizing effectiveness while minimizing unnecessary pesticide use. We treat only what needs treating — protecting beneficial insects and keeping your yard as safe as possible. Before any product is applied, our technician walks the entire property to identify every active mound, verify fire ant presence, and assess risk areas like play spaces, pet areas, and entry points. Every treatment is precise, professional, and purpose-driven.
Advion® Fire Ant Bait — Why It Works
We use Advion® Fire Ant Bait, a professional-grade insecticide containing indoxacarb that is not available at retail stores. Unlike contact sprays that only kill ants on the surface, Advion® works differently — worker ants discover the bait, carry it back into the colony, and share it with nestmates and the queen through normal feeding. The active ingredient disrupts the nervous system of ants that consume it, leading to colony collapse within 7 to 14 days. Because it eliminates the queen, the colony cannot sustain itself. This delivers permanent colony elimination rather than temporary surface control.
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How the Treatment Process Works
Once active mounds are confirmed, our technician carefully applies Advion® in a circle around each mound perimeter — 12 to 18 inches from the center — without disturbing the mound itself. Disturbing a mound triggers stress, causes ants to relocate, and dramatically reduces bait acceptance. Within 24 hours, worker ants discover the bait and begin carrying it into the colony. Over the next several days, the bait spreads throughout the colony and reaches the queen. You should see significant reduction in ant activity within 3 to 7 days, with dramatic elimination within 7 to 14 days. Full results are typically visible by day 21.
What's Included in Every Service Visit
Every fire ant service begins with a full property inspection — our technician walks all accessible turf and landscaped areas, identifies active mounds, and verifies fire ant presence before applying any product. The base service includes treatment of up to five active mounds with Advion®, complete service documentation, and post-treatment instructions left at your door. If more than five mounds are found, we will contact you before proceeding to confirm the additional cost. Each additional mound beyond the first five is treated for $10.00 per mound. There is no limit on the number of mounds we can treat in a single visit.
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What to Expect After Treatment
Fire ant bait works gradually by design — this is what makes it so effective. In the first 24 hours, worker ants collect the bait and carry it into the colony. Between days 1 and 3, the bait spreads throughout the nest. By days 3 to 7, you will notice a significant reduction in ant activity around treated mounds. Between days 7 and 14, dramatic reduction or complete elimination occurs as the queen dies and the colony collapses. Full results are typically evident by day 21. If any mound still shows activity after 21 days and post-treatment instructions were followed, contact us — we will return to re-treat at no additional charge.
Post-Treatment Care Instructions
Following these instructions after treatment is critical to getting the best results. Do not disturb treated mound areas for 48 hours — no walking, mowing, or irrigating near mounds. Avoid watering treated areas for 24 hours so ants have time to discover and collect the bait. Keep children and pets away from treated mounds for 24 hours. After 48 hours, you can resume normal lawn care activities. Mowing too soon after treatment can physically remove or scatter the bait before ants have fully collected it. If your irrigation runs automatically, adjust or pause the timer before your service visit to prevent accidental activation.
What This Program Does — and Doesn't — Cover
Our Fire Ant Control Program targets active fire ant mounds in turf and landscaped areas. It does not include broadcast applications across the entire property, treatment inside structures, or control of other ant species such as carpenter ants or pavement ants — these require different products and programs. Fire ants nesting inside walls, under slabs, or in electrical equipment need specialized interior treatment; ask about our Complete Home Pest Control Program for indoor activity. Physical removal of mound soil is also not part of this service — treated mounds flatten naturally over time with rain and mowing. New mounds appearing weeks later are typically reinfestation from neighboring properties, not treatment failure.