Pour slowly and evenly to prevent runoff. The mound will be dead instantly. Although most ants will die during the treatment, there is a chance stray ants may relocate or be a nuisance in the home. Fluorguard uses an attractant most ants like and fire ants are no exception. Within a few days, all ants in and around the home will be dead.
Fire ants can be a problem where young children and pets want to play.
To minimize risk of Fire Ant stings, stake and drench mounds with cypermethrin which are close to the home. If there are none around the house and you want to keep it that way, then bait with Maxforce every three months to stop them from being able to establish. If you want to see any of the products mentioned in the article above, then you can link to them by clicking on their names where they appear a different color or where they are underlined. These links will bring you to the catalog section of our web sight where you will able to learn more about a product and see what it looks like. If you are done with the article above and would like to go to our catalog now, just follow the links below.