The Battle of Fire Ant Control in QLD
Under Queensland laws, fire ants are a category one pest. The state is working hard to eradicate these insects, and landowners have to take reasonable steps to keep their land free of them. If you spot fire ants on your property, you’re required by law to report them within 24 hours.
Blue Chip Termite & Pest Control is on the frontline of the war against these intruders, providing thorough and effective fire ant control in Brisbane. We are registered with both the Queensland and Australian governments, and we have the necessary training to identify and eradicate fire ants. In addition to fire ant treatment, we add relevant information to the government register to help them track these nasty imported pests.
Signs of Fire Ants
Fire ants are between two and six centimetres in length and copper-brown in colour, with darker abdomens. Signs that your own property is in need of fire ant control include:
Mounds in your yard
Fire ant nests look like mounds or clumps of loose soil. They come in various sizes but are usually between 12 and 18 inches in diameter, with no visible entry or exit holes.
ANT TRAILS
Ants create highly visible trails when they’re on the move, and you might see fire ants travelling between their mounds and the areas they forage for food in.
AGGRESSION
Fire ants are highly aggressive creatures, particularly when their nest is disturbed. They’re prone to swarming quickly and attacking when someone comes near their mound.
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Blue Chip’s Professional Fire Ant Treatment
Blue Chip’s first step is to inspect your property to determine which of our two forms of fire ant treatment will be most effective: baiting treatment or direct chemical injection.
Baiting Treatment
This is the most common variety of fire ant pest control. It involves the use of special fire ant-registered baits that the ants carry back to their nests. These baits are safe for people and the vast majority of vertebrate animals, but are deadly to fire ants. Fire ants transport the active ingredient through their entire colony, eradicating the nest.
Nest Injection Treatment
If baiting poses a risk to pets or the public, we recommend our nest injection treatment. This method involves injecting the nest directly with a highly effective insecticide. You’ll often find large numbers of fire nests in a single area, and we use special equipment to flood as many of these nests and tunnels as possible.
Why Fire Ants are a Problem
Fire ants are more than a nuisance. Their stings can be fatal, and they can destroy entire native ecosystems if left unchecked. Since first entering Australia in 2001 via the port of Brisbane, they’ve spread to various locations across Queensland, Northern NSW and the Murray-Darling Basin.
Fire ants threaten our agricultural industry. They can kill livestock and attack the roots of plants before they grow. In your own backyard, they put the lives of your pets at risk.
Fire ant stings cause a painful burning sensation. These pests tend to attack all at once, delivering multiple stings that can make you feel like you’re on fire. Pustules can form at the sites of your stings, leading to secondary infections.
In 2023, 130 fire ant nests were discovered on North Stradbroke Island, posing a threat to an offshore ecosystem and underscoring the need for increased vigilance against these pests. The Australian Government launched the National Fire Ant Response Plan 2023–2027 with the mission of a fire ant-free Australia by 2032.
Why Choose Blue Chip’s Professional Fire Ant Control?
Since eliminating fire ants is so important, you want to use the most effective treatments possible on them. Blue Chip uses only premium-grade chemicals for our fire ant control, and we keep up to date with the latest products and emerging technologies on the market. Our fire ant treatments are perfectly safe for you, your family and your pets, but deadly to these invaders.
A small but dedicated business based on Brisbane’s northside, Blue Chip offers a reliable, high-quality service that surpasses many of our larger competitors and keeps our dedicated customers coming back to work with us again.
You don’t have to share your life with these pests. Contact Blue Chip Termite & Pest Control today to regain control of your home.
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Areas We Service
As a family-owned and operated business based in Brisbane’s Northside, our service areas include
- Brisbane through to Caboolture
- Redcliffe to Samford
- West End to Springwood
