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fire ant jihad
Posted on 12/28/25 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 12/28/25 at 2:18 pm
Anyone else infested with super-mounds this time of year? Took a walk around the compound and everywhere that gets long sunlight has at least one sometimes multiple massive ant piles. Way more than usual
Went thru 5 gallons of bifen mixture in a sprayer, got all the big ones and most of the little ones (that I could find). Very satisfying
they’ll probably just move but you gotta make them at least work for it. frickers
Went thru 5 gallons of bifen mixture in a sprayer, got all the big ones and most of the little ones (that I could find). Very satisfying
they’ll probably just move but you gotta make them at least work for it. frickers
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Posted on 12/28/25 at 2:31 pm to cgrand
Ill be going to war with them this week as well. I eliminated them for several years but they are back with a vengeance all of a sudden in the last 2 months.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 5:43 pm to cgrand
Have you tried fipronil?
Posted on 12/28/25 at 6:24 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
no I had the bifen left from when I termite treated the house so that’s what I used. Seems to work I checked a few mounds before it got dark and saw piles of dead ants. I did poke as deep a hole as I could in the big ones and poured some down the hole to try and get the queen
Of course when I was checking I found a couple dozen ant piles I missed
Of course when I was checking I found a couple dozen ant piles I missed
Posted on 12/28/25 at 7:34 pm to cgrand
Fire ant’s haven’t been a problem but I’m ate up with leaf cutter ants.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 8:53 pm to cgrand
I've always had success with Amdro.
Just scatter some around the mound and within a week they are all gone.
Just scatter some around the mound and within a week they are all gone.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 5:24 am to cgrand
I feel like we aren't far away from an AI robot or drone that scoures the yard looking for fire ants. Then marking every location on a map of the yard so a human can treat them. Or even they can dispense a little poison themselves.
I could totally invent, manufacure and market something like that. If, you know, I had the time to do it.
I could totally invent, manufacure and market something like that. If, you know, I had the time to do it.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 5:50 am to cgrand
Brand: Orthene
Ingredient: Acephate
Ingredient: Acephate
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:58 am to cgrand
Poke a deep hole with a stick
Pour in diesel or premix 2 stroke gas
Ignite
???????
Profit
Pour in diesel or premix 2 stroke gas
Ignite
???????
Profit
Posted on 12/29/25 at 8:50 am to cgrand
I use the granules for the yard, and the spray around the house. Granules seem to keep stuff away for about 4-6 months.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 9:00 am to Turnblad85
I think it will be simpler than that…some sort of low impact lure to draw the queen out of the nest and kill her, or some substance that the workers bring directly to the queen. If we can figure out a way to sterilize the queen and/or prevent new queens from being raised fire ants could be functionally eradicated
For as big a pest problem that they are, they are relatively easy to control mound by mound, and their life cycle/behaviors are well understood. It’s a matter of brain vs brawn
For as big a pest problem that they are, they are relatively easy to control mound by mound, and their life cycle/behaviors are well understood. It’s a matter of brain vs brawn
Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:53 pm to cgrand
Advion Fire Ant Bait is what you seek.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:08 pm to tiggerfan02 2021
quote:I used to. I feel like it's just not as effective as it used to be.
I've always had success with Amdro.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:16 pm to AlxTgr
amdro is expensive, loses its effectiveness when it rains, and takes too long to work. plus my dogs are attracted to the seed oil they use. no thanks
just went and shoveled all the big mounds i sprayed yesterday, 100% kill rate. not a single ant in any of them that i could see. piles of dead ants all around the mounds. thats in less than 24 hrs. frick yeah
just went and shoveled all the big mounds i sprayed yesterday, 100% kill rate. not a single ant in any of them that i could see. piles of dead ants all around the mounds. thats in less than 24 hrs. frick yeah
Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:43 pm to cgrand
You’re referring to disturbing them in cold weather to kill them??
ETA. Sorry. I missed where you mentioned about spraying with Bifen.
ETA. Sorry. I missed where you mentioned about spraying with Bifen.
This post was edited on 12/30/25 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 12/30/25 at 10:46 am to cgrand
You've gotta go the smelly powder route. I don't remember the name of it, I just walk down the aisle until I smell it.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 1:36 pm to LegendInMyMind
quote:I think that's what I bought last. It stinks. Piles of bodies the next day. Eliminator with Acephate.
You've gotta go the smelly powder route
Posted on 12/30/25 at 3:10 pm to AlxTgr
Boiling hot water works well, but will kill the grass around the mound.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 6:16 pm to cgrand
quote:
had the bifen left from when I termite treated the house
Can you expand on how you treat your own house? I’m considering self treating next year.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 6:23 pm to AlxTgr
quote:
Acephate
That's it. I usually use Martin's or another brand. Both come in a round can that you poke holes in the top and smells to all hell. That's all I've used for fire ants for years now and it has worked. I may have a couple mounds a year now.
The trick is knowing that a large fire ant mound can have multiple queens and they don't feed all the queens the same diet. If they have a mass die off one of the surviving queens will relocate and they'll begin to construct a new mound. If you treat those new mounds as soon as you see them you can completely wipe out the colony pretty quickly. After a couple years you'll notice that they have really slowed down.
I like it because all I have to do is sprinkle some on the mound and that's it.
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