Best Fire Ant Treatment Services
Are you tired of watching your feet to avoid fire ants as you walk to your car or the mailbox? Fire Ant Control, LLC is one of the best fire ant treatment services available. It takes skill, dedication, and the right products to address a serious fire ant problem, and that’s what we deliver.
Red Imported Fire Ants (RIFA) are a widespread and painful problem throughout Florida. This invasive species is known for its aggressive breeding, defensive behaviors, and disruptive construction habits. Effective fire ant treatment is essential to prevent property damage and avoid harm to families, guests, pets, workers, and livestock. Among the available options, Fire Ant Control, LLC stands out as a reliable choice for commercial, residential, public, and agricultural property owners.
Fire Ant Behavior: Knowledge Promotes Control
Fire ants build complex underground networks for their colonies where the queens are well-protected and continuously lay eggs. As the population of fire ants increases, they also expand their nests. Workers tirelessly extend the tunnels, occupying more space and disturbing more of the ground. As resilient survivors, fire ants can infiltrate HVAC systems, gnaw through electrical wiring, damage your home’s foundation, and even raid your pantry, including your children’s cookies. This deep-seated protection makes surface mound treatments ineffective in the long term.
The defensive instincts of fire ants are incredibly sophisticated. In heavy rain, for example, they form rafts using their own bodies, surrounding the queen and her eggs to create a compact circle. The ants on the outer layer continuously shift positions to maximize their survival rate. This self-sacrificing behavior ensures the colony’s protection and survival.
Physical threats also provoke a hearty defensive reaction. Quickly reacting to disturbances, fire ants keep perceived threats from reaching their queen and cache of future soldiers, workers, and winged males and females that guarantee the colony’s future.
Treatment Measures:
- Baits: These are a popular and effective form of treatment, consisting of food-like substances laced with insecticides. Worker ants carry the bait back to the queen, making this method safe for use around pets and people.
- Broadcast Treatments: This method involves the widespread application of granular insecticide across an area to achieve quick, short-term results.
- Individual Mound Treatments: This approach uses liquid or granular insecticides to target specific mounds. It can be effective if the treatment penetrates deeply enough, although locating all nests can be difficult.
- Professional Pest Control Services: Professional services provide the most comprehensive solution for fire ant management by assessing the full scope of an infestation, selecting the most suitable treatment strategies, and applying them effectively to ensure long-term control.
Let’s Work Together!
Selecting the right fire ant treatment service is crucial. Fire Ant Control, LLC offers services across Southwest Florida that guarantee at least 85% protection against fire ants for up to four months. In collaboration with our sister companies, we treat up to 1,000 acres per day and serve the entire quarantined area.
Reserve treatment with Fire Ant Control, LLC every four months to sustain a property that is up to 99% fire ant-free, or we’ll return your payment. Click here or call 239-312-8200 to book the best fire ant treatment services available.