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15 Nov 2025, 05:30
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Email from Homeowner to Fire Ant Research and Management Project Community Liaison
August 6, 2:51 p.m.
I need some advice about controlling fire ants. There are four fire ant mounds in my slightly less than 1⁄4 acre sized lot. I have pets and young children and so do not want to use toxic chemicals, but I need something quick and effective because my children have been stung repeatedly and are now afraid to play in the yard. One of my neighbors recommended that I pour boiling water on the ant mounds and another recommended cinnamon. Do you have any information on the effectiveness of either of these methods or on any other non-toxic methods?
August 6, 2:51 p.m.
I need some advice about controlling fire ants. There are four fire ant mounds in my slightly less than 1⁄4 acre sized lot. I have pets and young children and so do not want to use toxic chemicals, but I need something quick and effective because my children have been stung repeatedly and are now afraid to play in the yard. One of my neighbors recommended that I pour boiling water on the ant mounds and another recommended cinnamon. Do you have any information on the effectiveness of either of these methods or on any other non-toxic methods?
It is ineffective and could possibly make the problem worse.
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What does the Fire Ant Research and Management Project Community Liaison think about the effectiveness of cinnamon for fire ant control?
| It is an effective method. | |
| It is somewhat effective, although not as effective as other methods. | |
| It is largely ineffective but harmless. | |
| It is ineffective and could possibly make the problem worse. | |
| It is impossible to determine the liaison's opinion from the email exchange. |
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It is ineffective and could possibly make the problem worse.
If 142 neighborhood lots, 80 of which are 1/4 acre lots and 62 of which are 1/8 acre lots, need to be treated with ant bait, the total cost of the ant bait would be less than $540.: NO
Pouring 3 gallons of boiling water on a fire ant mound will not destroy the mound approximately 40% of the time.: YES
The homeowner is more concerned about the cost of the fire ant treatment than about long term effectiveness.: NO
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For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement can be shown to be true using the information provided. Otherwise, select No.
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| If 142 neighborhood lots, 80 of which are 1/4 acre lots and 62 of which are 1/8 acre lots, need to be treated with ant bait, the total cost of the ant bait would be less than $540. | ||
| Pouring 3 gallons of boiling water on a fire ant mound will not destroy the mound approximately 40% of the time. | ||
| The homeowner is more concerned about the cost of the fire ant treatment than about long term effectiveness. |
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If 142 neighborhood lots, 80 of which are 1/4 acre lots and 62 of which are 1/8 acre lots, need to be treated with ant bait, the total cost of the ant bait would be less than $540.: NO
Pouring 3 gallons of boiling water on a fire ant mound will not destroy the mound approximately 40% of the time.: YES
The homeowner is more concerned about the cost of the fire ant treatment than about long term effectiveness.: NO
Treating individual mounds with a commercial mound drench is more likely to control fire ants long term than treating individual mounds with boiling water.: NO
The Fire Ant Research and Management Project Community Liaison thinks that effective long-term fire ant control requires killing any queens in the fire ant mounds.: YES
If the fire ant mounds are treated with boiling water alone, the probability that all of the mounds reported by the homeowner will be eliminated is less than 15%.: YES
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For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement can be shown to be true using the information provided. Otherwise, select No.
| YES | NO | |
| Treating individual mounds with a commercial mound drench is more likely to control fire ants long term than treating individual mounds with boiling water. | ||
| The Fire Ant Research and Management Project Community Liaison thinks that effective long-term fire ant control requires killing any queens in the fire ant mounds. | ||
| If the fire ant mounds are treated with boiling water alone, the probability that all of the mounds reported by the homeowner will be eliminated is less than 15%. |
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Treating individual mounds with a commercial mound drench is more likely to control fire ants long term than treating individual mounds with boiling water.: NO
The Fire Ant Research and Management Project Community Liaison thinks that effective long-term fire ant control requires killing any queens in the fire ant mounds.: YES
If the fire ant mounds are treated with boiling water alone, the probability that all of the mounds reported by the homeowner will be eliminated is less than 15%.: YES
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17 Nov 2025, 23:39
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Regarding Q3 part 1, "Treating individual mounds with a commercial mound drench is more likely to control fire ants long term than treating individual mounds with boiling water." - is this No because we know the effectivity of Commercial mound drench products (90% or more) whereas for boiling water, only chances (~60%) are mentioned? Bunuel
part 2: "The Fire Ant Research and Management Project Community Liaison thinks that effective long-term fire ant control requires killing any queens in the fire ant mounds." - directly stated in the passage - "However, since it takes several weeks for the workers to bring enough of the poisoned bait to the mounds to ensure that the queens are killed" so Yes
part 3: "If the fire ant mounds are treated with boiling water alone, the probability that all of the mounds reported by the homeowner will be eliminated is less than 15%." - boiling water has about 60% chance and we have 4 mounds so (60*60*60*60)/(100*100*100*100) = 12960000/100000000 i.e. 12.96% which is less than 15% so Yes.
part 2: "The Fire Ant Research and Management Project Community Liaison thinks that effective long-term fire ant control requires killing any queens in the fire ant mounds." - directly stated in the passage - "However, since it takes several weeks for the workers to bring enough of the poisoned bait to the mounds to ensure that the queens are killed" so Yes
part 3: "If the fire ant mounds are treated with boiling water alone, the probability that all of the mounds reported by the homeowner will be eliminated is less than 15%." - boiling water has about 60% chance and we have 4 mounds so (60*60*60*60)/(100*100*100*100) = 12960000/100000000 i.e. 12.96% which is less than 15% so Yes.
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The percentage difference (90% vs 60%) is irrelevant. The answer is No because neither method is stated to provide long-term control, so you cannot say one is better long-term than the other. Only the yard-wide bait is described as providing long-term control.
