Program 2 – The “Individual Mound Treatment” Method:
- Treat undesirable fire ant mounds using an individual mound treatment.
- Apply treatment as dusts, granules, granules drenched with water after application, liquid drenches, baits, or aerosol injections.
- Non-chemical treatment methods such as very hot water mound drenches also may be used.
- Continue treating undesirable mounds that appear, as needed.
![Application of chemical dust on ant mound illustration](https://fireants.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/208/2020/11/treatment-chemicaldust_sm.jpg)
![Application of Any Mount Illustration](https://fireants.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/208/2020/11/treatment-mounddrenches_caption.jpg)
![Application of bait on ant mount](https://fireants.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/208/2020/11/treatment-BaitApplication.jpg)