08-03-2014, 10:30 AM
I posted a link at the top of this page to a well written set of instructions written by experts about how to control fire ants around homes. It includes the names and sources of various products along with ratings as to their effectiveness.
What I find interesting is that some people choose to ignore documented and peer reviewed information and choose instead to rely on anecdotal evidence of anonymous sidewalk philosophers.
Why are some pesticides restricted? Because their use can be damaging to inexperienced operators, to other people, and to other creatures in the environment. Any "expert" who tells you there is a "Rolls Royce" of chemicals that you can't access is just a fool spouting ignorance. Fiprinol is commonly used as a flea and tick repellant for pets like dogs but the dosage is small and there is a low potential of harming the environment. It is also implicated as perhaps the # 1 chemical causing bee colony collapse because it is highly toxic to honeybees and between the varroa mite and colony collapse we are losing one of our most precious insect pollinators and it is severely impacting our agricultural crop production and yields. So please don't just take the advice of sidewalk philosophers and instead trust the advice of educated experts like the people who wrote this informative guide to controlling little fireants around the home: http://littlefireants.com/lfa%20fact%20sheet%202.pdf
What I find interesting is that some people choose to ignore documented and peer reviewed information and choose instead to rely on anecdotal evidence of anonymous sidewalk philosophers.
Why are some pesticides restricted? Because their use can be damaging to inexperienced operators, to other people, and to other creatures in the environment. Any "expert" who tells you there is a "Rolls Royce" of chemicals that you can't access is just a fool spouting ignorance. Fiprinol is commonly used as a flea and tick repellant for pets like dogs but the dosage is small and there is a low potential of harming the environment. It is also implicated as perhaps the # 1 chemical causing bee colony collapse because it is highly toxic to honeybees and between the varroa mite and colony collapse we are losing one of our most precious insect pollinators and it is severely impacting our agricultural crop production and yields. So please don't just take the advice of sidewalk philosophers and instead trust the advice of educated experts like the people who wrote this informative guide to controlling little fireants around the home: http://littlefireants.com/lfa%20fact%20sheet%202.pdf