Advantages:
- Extremely fast control
- Can be applied with fertilizer spreader
- Widely available in retail stores
Disadvantages:
- Expensive
Active Ingredient: 0.016% indoxacarb
Similar Products: Advion
Application Rate, Broadcast: 5 lbs. per 10,000 square feet
Speed of Control: 3 – 7 days
Duration of Control: 2+ applications per year are usually needed; varies with reinvasion pressure
Approximate Cost: $20 per bag, $80 per acre
Best used for: homeowner application to yards with fertilizer spreader
Best season for application: any time fire ants are foraging for bait
Sources: widely available in retail garden centers
Toxicity: very low
Agricultural Uses: none
Mixing with other products: not labeled or recommended
General Comments: Spectracide Once and Done™ is the homeowner version of Advion, so it gives extremely fast control. Can be applied with regular fertilizer spreader.
Manufacturer: distributed by Spectrum Group
Web site (including label and MSDS): http://www.spectracide.com/ProductCategories/OutdoorInsecticide/FireAntOnceDone/
DISCLAIMER
This site is intended to cover only broadcast-applied fire ant control products. Literally dozens of products are available as individual mound treatments. Contact your local Extension Agent or return to http://fireant.tamu.edu for more information on individual mound treatments.
Because of the constantly changing availability of fire ant insecticides, it is virtually impossible to include every product on the market. Mention of a product on this site does not imply an endorsement by Texas Cooperative Extension, the Southern Region IPM Center or any cooperating state. Lack of mention does not imply that the product is not an effective fire ant control product.
