Advion Fire Ant Bait, 2-lb. Shaker Bottle, Highly Effective Fire Ant Bait, Formulated with 0.045% Indoxacarb, Outdoor Use, for Fast-Acting Control of Fire Ants

Absolutely wonderful product. Worked within 2 days-oh happy days!

OVERVIEW: That's right, "European" Fire Ants (Myrmica Rubra). I live in the NE US and they are an invasive species that is slowly becoming more and more of a problem, much like it's southern cousin. Never heard of them before 4 years ago, when I was stung dozens of times standing on a patio stone. I also have experience with the Southern variety as my mom lived in Florida. Some drainage work was done on my property 6 years ago and loads of top soil was brought in by the company to re-seed. I suspect this top soil was the source of the Fire ants as I had never seen them before then. The University of Maine conducted an in depth study. They specifically recommended this product (Advion) as the most effective treatment. THE ENEMY: These ants are not as aggressive as their southern cousins from S. America. Same size 3-4mm. Reddish to dark brown. They are not as fast and don't swarm as quickly. The individual sting is about as painful as their cousins, they'll just likely be less of them on you at once. They also don't build mounds of any kind which makes them harder to spot initially...until someone gets stung. Each individual colony can number in the 10s of thousands, have up to 100 queens that can live for up to15 years and utilize multiple nest sites with dozens of entrances. All this gives the ants tremendous flexibility and survivability to most measures. Left unchecked....they will take over large portions of a yard making it unusable...just like their cousins in the south. THE SITUATION: My yard was getting pretty infested with about 15-18 individual nests that I identified over a total of around 2000 sq/ft. Again, no mound of any kind makes it hard to detect until you learn what to look for. Look for the ants themselves and follow there foraging trails to nest and mark with sticks/stakes. For about 3 years I was trying other brands and homemade boric acid bait with limited to no success. Every year they were expanding. I then came across the UMaine articles recommending this product. After 2 days.....I no longer can find a single nest of Fire ants. They appear to have been completely eradicated. All the native, small brown ants, the ones that make little sand hills...seem to have been unaffected. This proves it's target use on Fire ants. The fact it only targets Fire ants (or other ants like them maybe) may be pro or a con depending on your situation. HOW TO APPLY: There two ways to apply this product. Broadcast or spot targeting each nest. Make sure it will not rain for 24 hours the day of application. The product is lightweight, bright yellow granules. Softish material the ants can easily grasp and move. I recommend the 2 pound jug for the money. I first used my Scotts seed spreader on setting 2 to cover the heavily nested areas evenly. Used about half the jug. I marked all of the identified nests I could find with tall bamboo stakes so I could easily monitor the results (see pic..notice deer tracks, lol). The next day, instead of seeing hundreds of workers foraging...I saw zero activity on 80% of the nests(see pic of nest w/no ants). I then looked VERY thoroughly for remaining nests. I found 5-6 more that were still active as they were outside of the initial targeted area of the spreader or were on the boarders and didn't get enough product. I applied just 1/2 teaspoon around each nest in a couple of small piles (see pic w/product). Because the granules are bright yellow, you can actually see the ants immediately pick up the stuff and start carrying it back to mom and the rest of the brood (see video). Very satisfying to see it work so fast. Little yellow dots moving down the holes..."look what I found Mom!" THE RESULT: The day after targeting individual nests after the initial broadcasting...I saw no ants. After 4 days....still no sign of any Fire Ants, ANYWHERE on my property! Now, I have no doubts there are some nests just off my property and they will be back in the future. It's probably inevitable. But I'll be ready to attack the nests as they come. The rest of the jug I have should last a few seasons as long as it doesn't expire. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! My yard is now completely usable again with no fear of pets, children or adults getting stung. Well worth the price in my opinion considering it will cost hundreds, possibly thousands to have it done professionally. Good luck folks!!

If you live where fire ants like to set up these granules are indispensable. Follow the instructions and ants have moved within 48 hours. You may need to apply several times in different locations in your yard before they finally disappear.

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This product really helped my yard. The central Texas soil has red ants and this product stops their nests for at least one full month. I never expected it to eradicate them, but one month without ants attacking my barn cats food outside and having them entering my house is wonderful. It cats a.bit, and the packet is small for the price.

Very good product. Works immediately. A professional exterminator asked me how I got it because this is a product that they use. He can’t believe we got it through Amazon n

This did the trick! Got rid of my fire ant issue! works quickly and easily. no bad smell. no harm to pets. safe and effective, durable product

After getting a lot of severe bites on my legs from a fire ant infestation in my front yard, I did some searching for a solution to permanently get rid of them. Fire ants down here in Texas are notorious for being hard to control critters, but I've been lucky I guess so far that any mounds I've seen in the past were fairly easy to get rid of with sprays. This year has been particularly bad though. They were all over my front lawn and the ones down in my St. Augustine grass that I couldn't see swarmed all over my ankles and legs. Thank goodness for Calamine Lotion (only thing that works on me). Tried some spray I had on hand, but that didn't help at all. The next day mounds were popping up everywhere, spray didn't faze them at all. Maybe due to our being in drought conditions this year. Doing some research, I also viewed some videos on YT, and this product sounded like it would definitely work. It is expensive, but well worth it. You don't have to use a whole lot of this to get results, so again, the expense was worth it. On the largest area pictured, I sprinkled the product all over it, and then I left it alone for 2 days. Note: Don't water your lawn or if it's going to rain, don't apply the product. For me, within 2 days not a single ant was observed. I even stepped right into the middle of where they were and not one ant! Hallelujah!! I waited about 5 days, then reapplied some of the product again just to be on the safe side. As of today, a week and a half later, I have not observed any ants. So, I do highly recommend!