Best Management Practices:

Ants

Caulk cracks and crevices around foundations that provide entry from outside.  Store food items such as sugar, syrup, honey, and pet foods in closed containers and clean grease spills.  Look for indoor Ant nesting sites, such as potted plants.  Ant Baits are safe, quick and easy to use and may be broadcast to a large area or used for individual mound treatment.  Ant Baits come in either dry bait, gel or baited stations.  Dry Ant baits used outdoors are most effective when dispensed late in the evening.  Excellent choices in Ant Baits are Ascend Fire Ant Bait, Award Fire Ant Bait, Intice Granular Bait and Max Force Insect Bait. ants ants ants ants ants ants ants ants ants ants ants ants

Granules are also an easy and effective exterior control. The active ingredient is released into the soil by rainfall or irrigation.   Popular Granules are DeltaGard G, Demand G Granular, Talstar EZ , and   TopChoice Fire Ant Control.

Concentrate pesticides offer effective control for ants, both inside or outside.  Use them also as an ant mound drench, crack & crevice spray. Products that show excellent ant control are Cyronara 9.7, Demand CS , Phantom, Suspend SC, Termidor SC and Talstar Pro.

Pesticide Dusts are another excellent choice of ant control.  Recomended dusts are Delta Dust Insecticide, CB Borid Turbo, and Perma-Dust.

Aerosols offer the convenience of being available quickly and applied easily with no chemical mixing.  Excellent choices of Aerosols for ant control are CB-80, CB Air Devil HPX, CY Kick , Orthene, CB Air Devil HPX, CB D - Force and Phantom PT. 

Whichever product you choose for Ant Control, carefully read labels and apply accordingly.

Best Management Practices courtesy of:   

  BES-TEX Supply, LLC     P.O. Box 664       San Angelo, Texas 76902      325.653.1300