Multi Fire Ants --- What works best to KILL THEM

[Deluxe700]

Hey, I need to figure out what the best stuff is to KILL Fire Ants. I have mounds everywhere, and I can't seem to get rid of these things. I've only tried "home made" stuff to get rid of them and nothing seems to work...There is a million products out there and I'm not sure what one to buy...
Anybody have any suggestions...

 

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[YardDog]

Hey, I need to figure out what the best stuff is to KILL Fire Ants. I have mounds everywhere, and I can't seem to get rid of these things. I've only tried "home made" stuff to get rid of them and nothing seems to work...There is a million products out there and I'm not sure what one to buy...
Anybody have any suggestions...

They are getting real bad here in Arkansas, and as you said there are a ton of products to choose from. I would look for something that doesn't kill on contact. A poison that is carried back to the queen and the rest of the colony is how I got rid of them.

 

[Eltobgi]

It looks to be effective but may take a while

 

[JTW]

I’d pour gas in the hole

 

[Montecresto]

It looks to be effective but may take a while

Dude!!! Have fire ants made it that far north???

 

[Hondasxs]

I’d pour gas in the hole

Then set it on fire.
Seems to work fairly well here.

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[Eltobgi]

Dude!!! Have fire ants made it that far north???

This year hasn’t been bad! Usually ant infestation on my property requires multiple approaches using multiple products! Many different types of ants also but don’t think fire ants are among them. Obviously I haven’t tried the flamethrower approach to resolve my issue, but when all else fails

 

[ohanacreek]

I’d pour gas in the hole

Yup let the vapors spread and light it on fire!
Fire Ants!


I haven't found a poison that doesn't just make a new hill a few feet away.

 

[Deluxe700]

Thanks everybody...
Lots of problems around here ... I know some folks at church who said they are even having problems with them hurting their little dogs when they go outside and happen to get into the mounds...
This is the worst I have ever seen it...

 

[YardDog]

Killing with gas or any surface treatment does no more than scratch the surface. The queen and majority of the colony can be as much as six feet deep or more depending on the soil. Instant gratification is why the same colony re appears after you thought you eliminated them. You have to kill the queen and as many on the way as you can to actually destroy the colony. Anything else is a pipe dream. Cut the head off, and the snake dies.

 

[JACKAL]

Yeah gas, ain't going to cut it.

 

[JTW]

Well there ya have it.. you just need some molten aluminum then.

 

[JTW]

Killing with gas or any surface treatment does no more than scratch the surface. The queen and majority of the colony can be as much as six feet deep or more depending on the soil. Instant gratification is why the same colony re appears after you thought you eliminated them. You have to kill the queen and as many on the way as you can to actually destroy the colony. Anything else is a pipe dream. Cut the head off, and the snake dies.

You’re clearly not using enough gas..

 

[JACKAL]

The best stuff I have found is Tempo SC Ultra made by Bayer (Yes the aspirin company).

Expect to pay about $50 for 240ml it makes 16 gallons and kills everything double dead twice.





Pest controlled or suppressed by Tempo SC Ultra Insecticide, see label for specific information.

• Ambrosia
• Ants
• Aphids
• Armyworms
• Azalea caterpillars
• Bagworms
• Bedbugs
• Bees
• Billbugs
• Black turfgrass ataenius
• Black vine weevil
• Bluegrass billbug
• Boxelder bugs
• Bristly rose slugs
• Budworms
• Cadelle beetle
• California oakworms
• Cankerworms
• Carpenter ants
• Carpenter bees
• Carpet beetles
• Casebearers
• Centipedes
• Chiggers
• Chinch bugs
• Cigarette beetles
• Clothes moths
• Clover mites
• Cluster fly
• Cockroaches
• Confused flour beetles
• Crickets
• Cutworms
• Darkling beetles
• Deathwatch beetles
• Deer ticks
• Dermestid beetles
• Drugstore beetles
• Drywood and above-ground subterranean termites
• Earwigs
• Elm leaf beetle
• Elm spanworms
• False powderpost beetles
• Fire ants
• Firebrats
• Flea beetles
• Fleas
• Flies
• Formosan termites
• Fruit flies
• Fungus gnats
• Gnats
• Granary weevil beetles
• Grasshoppers
• Ground beetles
• Gypsy moth larvae
• Hide beetles
• Hornets
• Hyperodes weevil
• Indian meal beetles
• Japanese beetles
• June beetles(adult)
• Lace bugs
• Larder beetles
• Leaf skeletonizers
• Leaf-feeding caterpillars
• Leafhoppers
• Leafrollers
• Leather beetles
• Lesser grain borer beetles
• Lesser mealworm beetles
• Mealworm beetles
• Mealybugs
• Mediterranean flour beetles
• Merchant grain beetles
• Midges
• Millipedes
• Mole crickets
• Mosquitoes
• Moths
• Moths beetles
• Old house borer beetles
• Oleander moth larvae
• Orchid weevil
• Pear psylla
• Peppertree psyllid
• Phorid flies
• Pillbugs
• Pine shoot moths
• Pine tip moths
• Plant bugs
• Powderpost beetles
• Red flour beetles
• Redhumped caterpillars
• Rice weevil beetles
• Sawfly larvae
• Sawtoothed grain beetles
• Scale insects (crawler stages)
• Sciarid flies
• Scorpions
• Silverfish
• Sod webworms
• Sowbugs
• Spiders
• Spittlebugs
• Striped beetles
• Striped oakworms
• Subterranean termites
• Tent caterpillars
• Thrips
• Ticks
• Tussock moth larvae
• Walnut caterpillars
• Warehouse beetles
• Wasps
• Webworms
• Whiteflies
• Wood infesting beetles
• Yellow jackets
• Yellownecked caterpillars

 

[JACKAL]

The best stuff I have found is Tempo SC Ultra made by Bayer (Yes the aspirin company).

Expect to pay about $50 for 240ml it makes 16 gallons and kills everything double dead twice.

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Pest controlled or suppressed by Tempo SC Ultra Insecticide, see label for specific information.

• Ambrosia
• Ants
• Aphids
• Armyworms
• Azalea caterpillars
• Bagworms
• Bedbugs
• Bees
• Billbugs
• Black turfgrass ataenius
• Black vine weevil
• Bluegrass billbug
• Boxelder bugs
• Bristly rose slugs
• Budworms
• Cadelle beetle
• California oakworms
• Cankerworms
• Carpenter ants
• Carpenter bees
• Carpet beetles
• Casebearers
• Centipedes
• Chiggers
• Chinch bugs
• Cigarette beetles
• Clothes moths
• Clover mites
• Cluster fly
• Cockroaches
• Confused flour beetles
• Crickets
• Cutworms
• Darkling beetles
• Deathwatch beetles
• Deer ticks
• Dermestid beetles
• Drugstore beetles
• Drywood and above-ground subterranean termites
• Earwigs
• Elm leaf beetle
• Elm spanworms
• False powderpost beetles
• Fire ants
• Firebrats
• Flea beetles
• Fleas
• Flies
• Formosan termites
• Fruit flies
• Fungus gnats
• Gnats
• Granary weevil beetles
• Grasshoppers
• Ground beetles
• Gypsy moth larvae
• Hide beetles
• Hornets
• Hyperodes weevil
• Indian meal beetles
• Japanese beetles
• June beetles(adult)
• Lace bugs
• Larder beetles
• Leaf skeletonizers
• Leaf-feeding caterpillars
• Leafhoppers
• Leafrollers
• Leather beetles
• Lesser grain borer beetles
• Lesser mealworm beetles
• Mealworm beetles
• Mealybugs
• Mediterranean flour beetles
• Merchant grain beetles
• Midges
• Millipedes
• Mole crickets
• Mosquitoes
• Moths
• Moths beetles
• Old house borer beetles
• Oleander moth larvae
• Orchid weevil
• Pear psylla
• Peppertree psyllid
• Phorid flies
• Pillbugs
• Pine shoot moths
• Pine tip moths
• Plant bugs
• Powderpost beetles
• Red flour beetles
• Redhumped caterpillars
• Rice weevil beetles
• Sawfly larvae
• Sawtoothed grain beetles
• Scale insects (crawler stages)
• Sciarid flies
• Scorpions
• Silverfish
• Sod webworms
• Sowbugs
• Spiders
• Spittlebugs
• Striped beetles
• Striped oakworms
• Subterranean termites
• Tent caterpillars
• Thrips
• Ticks
• Tussock moth larvae
• Walnut caterpillars
• Warehouse beetles
• Wasps
• Webworms
• Whiteflies
• Wood infesting beetles
• Yellow jackets
• Yellownecked caterpillars

I usually mix up 3 gal each Spring and Fall spraying all around the house and shop. Sure keeps the ants, spiders, stink bugs, and beetles at bay from getting into house

 

[CumminsPusher]

You’re clearly not using enough gas..

Bhahaha!

 

[Montecresto]

Killing with gas or any surface treatment does no more than scratch the surface. The queen and majority of the colony can be as much as six feet deep or more depending on the soil. Instant gratification is why the same colony re appears after you thought you eliminated them. You have to kill the queen and as many on the way as you can to actually destroy the colony. Anything else is a pipe dream. Cut the head off, and the snake dies.

Yeah, you’re right of course but it is fun torturing the mound in revenge.

 

[Wallace]

You can move. I have found that Amdro works well if you broadcast it. All this rain has really got them spreading.

 

[GPR1500SC]

Tempo gets my vote I use it around the farm for flies and spiders

 

[Farmer]

Tempo was my go to while doing pest control up here in IL. Great for surface treatments around foundations and overhangs etc. But when it come to black/carpenter ant mounds it didn't always work. Next to gas and fire, baits are always the recommended solution for these guys since, as someone already stated, the queen and brood are deep down. Something that the workers take down and feed to the queen and brood is the best bet. I just can't suggest a product with good results since we don't have fire ants up here like you do.