• Introduction
• Management Options
• Organizing a Community-Wide Suppression Program
• Treatment Methods

• Natural and Biological Control
• Physical and Mechanical Methods
• Control Devices
• Home Remedies
• Organic Insecticides
• Chemical Control

• Baits
• Contact Insecticides for Individual Mounds
• Mound Drenches
• Granular Products
• Dusts
• Injectable Products
• Surface Applications

• Biology and Identification
• Medical Problems
• History of Control Efforts
• Fire Ant Insecticides
• Policy Statement
• Acknowledgments
• Print this Lesson

Treatment for fire ants with a granular product.

To treat a single mound with a granular product, measure the recommended amount in a measuring cup labeled “POISON” for pesticide use only. Then sprinkle it on top of and around the mound. Do not disturb the mound. If the label says to water in the insecticide, use a sprinkling can and water the mound gently to avoid disturbing the colony. Several days may pass before the entire colony is eliminated.