Does it kill fire ants?
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Yes, but it's important that the chemical is absorbed into the hills and ground around the hills. If you can use hose watering, that's good. Otherwise wait until about 24 hours before a rainstorm to apply.
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Yes! I takes a little while but they end up dead. Talstar does not kill immediately but it is thorough.
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Fire ant mounds were tested using this product with a 95% mortality rate. We are currently conducting more tests to add the word fire to the label/packaging.
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From the product's website: What it Controls Insects: Kills: Ants (including Argentine, Carpenter, Foraging Fire Ants, Lawn, Pavement, Pharaoh, Pyramid, and Red/Western Harvester), Beetles (including Asian Lady, Carpet, Japanese (adults)), Centipedes, Cockroaches (including American, Asian, and German), Earwigs, Fleas, Millipedes, Scorpions, Silverfish, Spiders (including black widow, brown recluse, hobo and wolf), Ticks.
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I've never used it against fire ants or any ants specifically, but it ought to do the trick. This is some awesome stuff. I've mostly used it against Japanese beetles and fleas. Very effectively, mind you.
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No - I used about 2" of the tube output to kill what seemed like 1k ants. I have 99% of the tubes still left. But for the small cost of the four pack, it's still an insane deal..even if I never use any more ;-)
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Sorry I ordered this for my son-in-law to use for ants. It works on termites and ants. Wish I could help more.
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Yes. If the DE comes in contact with an ant then it will eventually kill it.
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Hey! I've been fighting 10 acres of fireants at my outdoor concert facility. Yes it killed/moved the ants fairly well however treating 3-500 mounds several times a year would have been insanely expensive. The most effective cost efficient method has come down to poke a hole in the mound as deep as you can. Pour a dribble of gasoline into the hole. Kill the queen and the mound is done. Miss her and there's a new mound. Estimate 80/90% effective. Yeah yeah... Not eco correct but 5 gallons a year verses a couple hundred lbs. of approved poison... Seems better to me.
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Larry, I used it on black, red, & fire ants. ( it doesn't go far & neither did they) I put a little at the base of an oak tree that has carpenter ants & it did kill some. Sorry I couldn't help more.
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I wouldn't think so. It comes out in a globby gel and I don't know how well it would break down in water, or or if it would be effective when diluted. This doesn't kill the ants immediately; the ants take this back to their nests.
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Also Terro ant killer worked for me to get rid of ants. Some other ways have been boiling hot water and other methods like hot aluminum, but who really has access to that? Good luck to you I think you'll get rid of them.
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I do not know the answer to this question. It has work greatly for the ants we have however. Smile.
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Don't Know how effective it is with Fire Ant critters. We don't have them in Nevada where I live but Terro is the best for those we do have.
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I was assured by the Home Sentinel seller that this device would eliminate ants - it does not, they had some lame reason to explain why not. Liquid poison works well.
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I have only used it on havester ants, and it was fairly effective. It it a liquid that is mixed with water and poured directly on the opening of a mound. I don't think it is possible to eradicate an established harvester mound, but it has kept them in check.
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I've used it several times on fire ant mounds, it seems to be pretty effective,, whether it's more effective than some of the other products intended solely for that purpose remains unclear. I will say this though we had an issue with carpenter ants in our house that were almost impossible to stop , even our pest control company couldn't put a stop to the ants. Since I started spraying the Demon product pretty heavy around the perimeter 3 or 4 times a year we no longer have them inside the house.
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Hi Dorothy, thanks for the question. I actually purchased this for the treatment of carpenter ants! I had a terrible invasion in a dead Fig tree limb, you should have seen them! Unfortunately I cannot post links here, but if you go to YouTube and search "boric acid kill ants" I'd suggest the videos by CupRockTv as well as gregthegardner. I don't own those videos, but I just did a bit if checking for you and I can recommend them. Let me know if you need anything else and have a fantastic day! -Nic