Fire ants love springtime - they like warm humid air, the moist soil in planting beds and turfgrass, and conditions in the compost pile and vegetable garden. Spring is the ideal time for imported fire ants to begin working their mounds and causing problems for homeowners.
Fire ants like to nest in open, sunny yards that are mowed and watered regularly.
Thse products work differently and it is important to understand these differences in order to get the most benefit for the dollar spent. A bait insecticide combines an ant-attractive food source with an insecticide. These products are only effective when the ants feed on the bait and ingest the insecticide. Because ingestion is required for them to work, they are more specific for targeting ants. Insect growth regulators are slower acting than toxicants, with both types of bait products being slower to kill ant colonies than contact insecticides.