Fire Ants Kill Winter Texan in the RGV

fla-gypsy wrote:
After living with fire ants since their introduction into my area of Florida you develop a series of visual defenses that you employ without even thinking about it of scanning the terrain for mounds and smaller tell-tell signs of their presence and I enjoy the heck out of killing the little buggers.

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I found those fire ant granules + hot water etc etc product doesn't even work. :(

What I now use around my house here is Ortho House Bug Spray with a battery operated wand. I go around and hit those little mounds when they start and bam they are gone. No ordor and when it's dry it's safe for pets.

I carry it with me in the MH too in case I get a site with them. Spray the mound and at least while I am there they are gone.

I was told by a Texan friend, god love em, they are inundated with fire ants, that they just go under ground and come up somewhere else.

So far mine must be going out into the woods because I have them under control on my property! :B