Top Rated Fire Ant Control

Those looking for top rated fire ant control need look no further. Fire Ant Specialists is the company you have been looking for.

Since 1993, we have been in the battle against Solenopsis invicta, or red imported fire ants. These heinous critters entered our country back in the 1930s. They have been a thorn in our sides for nearly 100 years.

Arriving in the Port of Mobile and coming from South America, they quickly spread to climates that resembled their native ones. That means the entire southeastern United States has been infiltrated.

Fire Ant Specialists, with the assistance of our sister companies, is able to offer treatment for up to 1,000 acres a day. No property is too big or too small. We treat the following and many more types:

• Schools
• Sports fields
• Parks
• Commercial businesses
• Golf courses
• Farms and pastures
• Residential homes

To Be Top Rated, You Have to Know a Lot

Fire Ant Specialists knows a whole lot about the red imported fire ant. We would love to share some interesting facts with you now.

Winged versions, alates, are the ones that do the breeding. They come out in temperatures that range between 70 and 95 degrees. Look for them to arrive when there is high humidity and low wind—especially if it has rained within the last 24 hours.

The alates will fly hundreds of feet above ground and mate mid-air. The males will die shortly afterward. The female will land on the ground and then rip her own wings off.

If she isn’t the victim of predation, which many are, she will find a suitable space to dig down into her own chamber. This is where her colony will begin. Her first births will be 25 eggs. Thereafter, she will be able to produce 1,000 eggs a day. And she will live for the next two to six years. That is a lot of ants from one queen.

When you think about the true problem in an ant colony, you will realize it is the queen. Without her, the colony cannot constantly be repopulated. But how do you take out the queen?

To Be Top Rated, You Need to Be Able to Take Out the Queen

Fire Ant Specialists is definitely able to take out the queen. Other methods you might be inclined to try will only succeed in eliminating upper-level ants.

Realize, the colony can go thirty feet beneath the surface. And with replacements constantly being created, you will do little damage in those DIY attempts.

Fire Ant Specialists uses a specially formulated bait granule that entices the workers. They see it as delightful food worthy of a queen. When she ingests it, the chemical components within it sterilize her.

With a queen incapable of replenishing her workers, the colony will eventually die off. She will starve, and your ant problem is solved.

When we give you an estimate, we will tell you when to expect those results. We will spot treat, for free, if our dates are off.

If you want top rated fire ant control, Fire Ant Specialists is who to call at (352) 291-2687 or click here.