fire ants

[RobertBrown]

Fire ants are easy to kill, but no matter how many you kill, there are plenty more to take their place.

We had a dry summer and the fire ants hunkered down. However, after Tropical Storm Lee passed through a couple of weeks ago and dropped 11" of rain at my place, the fire ant hills are everywhere.

Floods don't bother fire ants. They form into a mass and float on the surface.

That's when you get your carb cleaner out and lay waste to em

 

[AirForceIP]

Boiling water kills them by the hundreds (or maybe thousands). Couple of metal buckets of boiling water, and the mound disappears.

 

[clemsonfor]

I live here in SC, you will never get rid of them. All you can hope is to kill them out till new ones move in. Get the Ortho season long stuff. It works! It says it only lasts 6 months ( i find really more like 4) where in a cooler climate that would be all season till they go under ground for winter, but here there active pretty much all year or maybe 10 months or so. You really need to do it twice a year to cover well. You will still get small moundds from time to time that you can spot treat but overall it works. I got spectracide this year to try and it is junk for the season long stuff!