FIRE ANTS

INSECT AND DESCRIPTION: Ants [Family Formicidae]. There are a number of different kinds of ants that build nests in the ground on golf courses. They are particularly troublesome when nests are built around the fringes or on golf greens and tees or in fairways. Ant hills and mounds often smother the surrounding grass. They also destroy roots of grass near mounds and destroy grass seeds and complicate mowing operations.
Some ants bite people and animals. Fire ants and harvester ants are especially vicious. Some people are allergic to imported fire ant bites.

CONTROL: Ants may be controlled by treating individual mounds with insecticidal drenches or granules. If ant hills are numerous, a broadcast treatment of the entire area may be needed.