Hiring professional pest control is one way to treat your property for fire ants. Check whether this option is right for you.
Check if you can treat your property
You can hire professional pest control to treat your property if it's in an area of Queensland where we have not yet started treatment.
People in this area can manage fire ants on their properties to help control the spread of fire ants until we start treatment.
Check your address
If you are outside this area
Check your property for fire ants and report any suspected fire ants or nests to us.
Before you book
Hiring professional pest control is at your own expense. We recommend getting quotes from more than one provider.
Before choosing a provider, check:
- the total cost
- whether they have completed fire ant training for pest managers
- what will happen on the day of treatment.
Treatment methods
A licensed pest control manager may:
- inject a liquid insecticide into a fire ant nest (called direct nest injection)
- use a granular treatment product around the property.
Your provider will recommend which method is best for your circumstances, or whether both are needed.
What you need to do
Even if you hire pest control, you must still report any suspected fire ants or nests on your property within 24 hours.
Report fire ants or nests online.
What your pest control manager should do
Your provider should:
- record their treatment activities
- use fire ant treatment products according to product labels, permits and safety requirements.