Fire Ant Control and Ant Extermination in Round Rock
Covered on quarterly service; one-time visit: $150 to $300
Ant control in Round Rock is part of every quarterly plan, and a one-time visit is $150 to $300. Two problems get handled differently: fire ants in the yard and ant trails in the house.
Fire ants are the yard ant across Williamson County. Texas A&M AgriLife's Two-Step Method is the standard approach: broadcast a bait over the whole yard in spring and fall, then treat the mounds by the house, the driveway and the play set directly. A mound treatment kills that colony in a day or two; the bait works slower and reaches the colonies you cannot see.
Fire ants in the yard
- Broadcast bait. Spread across the whole yard when ants are foraging. Workers carry it back and the colonies die over days to weeks, depending on the product.
- Mound treatment. For mounds by the driveway, the play set or the AC unit. Faster, and only for the mounds you treat.
- Twice a year. Spring and fall are when bait works best. New queens fly in from neighboring lots, so a yard that is clear in July can have mounds again by October.
Ants in the house
Most indoor trails come from a nest in the wall, under the slab or out in the yard. The applicator follows the trail, finds where it enters, and baits along it. Spraying a trail scatters the colony and makes it worse. Keep counters wiped, but leave the trail and the bait alone for a few days so the ants carry it home.
Carpenter ants
Big black ants coming out of a wall, or piles of sawdust-like frass, point at carpenter ants nesting in wet wood. The nest gets found and treated, and the wet wood gets pointed out so it can be fixed.
A mound against the slab or ants coming out of an outlet both need a visit. Call (737) 302-5432 for Round Rock and across Williamson County.