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Default Killing fire ant colony under house - concrete slab so no crawl space

On Dec 17, 11:57*am, Alex wrote:
Also note to whoever suggested it, I did talk to our county extension
office, and after telling them everything that's happened they said
they've never heard of fire ants being this aggressive in our area or
otherwise. *The person I talked to is sending the details to an expert
in urban ants (or something like that) and they'll follow-up with me
with more info.

So again from this and everything I've read our case is rather
unique...


Jimmie,

Can you send me the link where you read this on the Termidor site???
Also for others who have used Amdro, with it being dry out the ground
and foundation have separated so would pouring Amdro or some other
bait in this area in a decent quantity maybe draw them out from under
the house to 'feed' and maybe they'd carry it back to their nest? My
fear though is that it would attract more ants which would be counter
productive. Our bug guy has been treating outside with granular bait
sprinkled around the house, but I'm thinking it might take a generous
quantity to entice the ants under the house to come out and grab some.

I've sprayed Ortho Home Defense around the bathroom counters so though
they're crawling out they're dieing pretty fast, so I hoped they'd
eventually give-up and look elsewhere for food/water, but thus far no
dice. It's definitely not the invasion it was a few months ago, but I
want to get the ant count to zero, not one or two a day.

Thanks for the great info...