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    Default Fire ant eradication

    My yard, like most others I see, is covered with fire ants. I’ve been putting Andro on them but they just pop back up 10 feet away a few days later. It’s like playing whack-a-mole trying to keep up with them. What are some tried and true solutions that y’all have found to work on killing (not displacing) them?

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    Gasoline

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    There was a bayer product I bought from the home deeper that I put in one of those weekend warrior yard spreaders and treated the whole yard, not just the mound and I killed everything that crawled in my yard.

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    Crosscheck (Bifen) has worked pretty well for me.

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    Lorsban if you can find some.

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    Mars Bluff turned me on to some stuff that has run them off for a full year. $30 did my yard with half the bottle left over.
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    Bifen. End thread

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    Damn bifen must work on all insects. Sprayed it for cutworms yesterday.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BigBrother View Post
    Mars Bluff turned me on to some stuff that has run them off for a full year. $30 did my yard with half the bottle left over.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Glenn View Post
    There was a bayer product I bought from the home deeper that I put in one of those weekend warrior yard spreaders and treated the whole yard, not just the mound and I killed everything that crawled in my yard.
    Treating the whole yard is the trick. Not just the mound.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thunderchicken View Post
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    "Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration" -Izaak Walton

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    https://www.domyown.com/taurus-sc-te...de-p-1816.html

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    Surrender works great and it’s super fast acting. It stinks to high heaven, but freedom isn’t free.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chap View Post
    Surrender works great and it’s super fast acting. It stinks to high heaven, but freedom isn’t free.
    Does it come with a cape?

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    I mix bifen, taurus, and water together in a 2 gallon sprayer and cover the yard. Also spray under the house twice a year. I mix it a little stronger than recommended. I order the quart size bottles from Amazon.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Greenwing View Post
    I mix bifen, taurus, and water together in a 2 gallon sprayer and cover the yard. Also spray under the house twice a year. I mix it a little stronger than recommended. I order the quart size bottles from Amazon.
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