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Protect your family
from fire ant bites with our guaranteed
annual fire ant control
application.
The imported fire ant is unique because it is a pest in both urban 
and rural areas. These ants directly affect people, animals, and plants.
Fire ants are originally from South America, where dozens of fire ant
species exist. There have been two introductions of fire ants which have led
to current problems. The first was the black imported fire ant, which was
likely brought from Argentina in 1918. A second and by far the most damaging
species, known as the red imported fire ant, arrived sometime in the late
1920s or early 1930s. |
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development and size is influenced by soil type and colony size. Generally,
mounds are 12 inches or more in diameter and height. However, mounds in
excess of two feet and diameter and height are not uncommon in Georgia.
The underground nest is a series of interlocking galleries, tunnels and
chambers that may go one to five feet or more in the ground, depending on
soil type, age and colony size. Tunnels just below the soil surface extend
several yards out from the mound, with regular exits where the ants come out
to search for food.
Most nests contain only one egg-laying
queen. A small percentage of nests recently found contained multiple,
functional queens. Workers in multiple-queen colonies are smaller and
lighter in color, and the mounds are often smaller and closer together.
Multiple-queen colonies usually contain 20 to 60 queens.
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A fire ant colony consists
of three types of ants -- queens, males and workers:
Queens -- fertile fire ant females are
either winged, future queens that are virgin prior to the mating flight
or wingless queens that shed their wings and lay eggs after mating. Most
colonies have only one -- mated egg-laying female -- or queen.
Winged males that mate with the queens.
Worker ants are wingless and sterile
females. Adult workers differ in size. Larger forms are called "major
workers," the smaller forms are "minor workers." Older workers forage and
defend the nest while younger workers care for the developing brood (eggs,
larvae and pupae).
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Our fire ant control treatment is applied
to your entire property. This application will control all fire ant activity on
your property for up to one year. If you see active fire ant mounds within that
one year period, simply call us and we will return to treat the active mounds at
no additional cost to you.
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