Ant control is essential for protecting your home, yard, and family—especially in Louisiana, where fire ants and crazy ants are common. Ants can be more than just a nuisance; fire ants can pose serious health risks to those with allergies, while invasive species like crazy ants can cause structural and electrical damage. The Bug Man offers professional ant control solutions designed to eliminate infestations and keep ants from coming back.
Fire Ants
These fire ants build mounds in almost any type of soil, but prefer open, sunny areas such as meadows, pastures, parks, playgrounds, lawns, sports fields and golf courses, as well as agricultural land and wilderness areas. Often mounds are located in rotting logs and around stumps and trees. Colonies also can occur in or under buildings. Fire ants will not create mounds when the weather is extremely hot (above 36◦C or 96◦F) or dry. At these times they go deep underground during the day and come out at night to forage. Fire ant stings are painful, characterized by a local burning sensation, which swells into a bump within hours. The bump may develop into a white pustule within 24–36 hours, which can become infected if scratched, but will spontaneously flatten within a few days if left alone.
For more detailed information on how imported fire ants behave and spread across the Southern United States, see the USDA APHIS Imported Fire Ants resource.
Crazy Ants
Crazy ants are another breed of ants that have been on the rise in Louisiana over the last few years. While they don’t sting or bite, crazy ants can cause structural damage because they often nest in homes, electrical boxes, etc. and they thrive and multiply in moist, wooded areas, cracks, crevices–anywhere they can find shelter. While people have tried to end the pests’ existence, they often find they are fighting a losing battle.
Fire ants are no joke and crazy ants are just a pain in the you know what! But, we can help. Contact The Bug Man, we have products such as granular treatment to the ant mound to kill them and then liquid treatment options around the structure of the home to help you keep them out of your yard.
