What Fire Ant Treatment Costs in Athens, Alabama

Fire ant treatment in Athens, Alabama starts at $49, and it usually takes two treatments to clear a yard, so figure about $98. Not a subscription, not eight visits a year. Two, and then they are gone.

The price

Service	What it does	Treatments	Starts at	Typical total
Fire ant control	Targeted yard treatment for full elimination	2	$49	About $98

Starting price is a smaller lot. The treatment covers the yard, not only the mounds you can see.

Why two treatments and not one

The mound is the part you can see. The colony under it can run several feet down and sideways, and a single colony can have more than one entrance, which is why stomping a mound in the evening gets you three new ones by the weekend. Killing foragers on the surface does nothing to the queen, and the queen is the colony.

The first treatment goes after the colony. The second catches what moved, what was too deep, and any neighbor colony that migrated into the space you just cleared. Two is what it takes to actually be done.

Why the store bait keeps not working

A bag of granules from the hardware store is not a bad product. The problem is coverage and timing. Broadcast bait has to be fresh, it has to go down when ants are actively foraging and not on wet ground, and it has to cover the whole yard rather than the six mounds you noticed. Most people put it on the mounds. That treats the doorway, not the house.

Two treatments costs more than one bag. It costs less than a summer of bags and a yard your kid still cannot walk barefoot in.

What changes the price

• Lot size. Measured before we quote. Treatment covers the whole yard.
• How heavy it is. A yard with mounds every few feet is a different job than one with four along the fence line.
• What is next door. If the pasture behind you is full of them, they will keep pushing back in. We will tell you that before you pay rather than after.

Around dogs and kids

Fire ants are the reason most people call us in the first place, usually after somebody got stung in their own yard. We use biological products and we will give you the re-entry instructions for the specific product before we treat, not after.

Common questions

How much does fire ant treatment cost in Athens, AL?

It starts at $49 a treatment and usually takes two, so about $98 for a smaller yard.

How long before they are gone?

Mound activity drops off within days of the first treatment. The second treatment is what makes it stick.

Is this included in lawn treatment?

No. Fire ant control is its own program with its own price. Nothing gets bundled into your lawn number that you did not ask for.

Do they come back?

New colonies can move in from adjoining property, especially if you back up to pasture or woods. If they show up again after we have treated, call us.

What towns do you cover?

Athens, Decatur, Madison, Priceville, Tanner and Hartselle, across Limestone and Morgan Counties.

Get your yard priced

Tell us the address and we will quote it for real. Request a free quote or call 256-938-7188.

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