Test your RIFA control knowledge...
| a) Gently water the material in with a sprinkling | |
| b) Apply with a pressure sprayer | |
| c) Poke a hole in the mound and pour the material in | |
| d) Shovel the mound out onto the ground and treat the ants |
| a) fire ant workers don't like grits | |
| b) fire ant workers can't eat solid food | |
| c) fire ant workers won't eat grits without salt and butter | |
| d) grits don't kill the queen |
| a) calling your neighbors to come watch the fun | |
| b) putting on boots to prevent stings | |
| c) reading the entire label on the insecticide you choose | |
| d) a and b |
| a) directly on top of the mound | |
| b) in a hole you poke into the top of the mound | |
| c) in a small pile right next to the mound | |
| d) scattered around the mound, a couple feet from the colony |
| a) a few days | |
| b) one week | |
| c) two weeks to a few months | |
| d) a year |
| a) 70 and 80F | |
| b) 80 and 90F | |
| c) 70 and 95F | |
| d) 50 and 70F |
| a) kill fire ants | |
| b) create dead patches in your yard | |
| c) create a fire, environmental, and health hazard | |
| d) all of the above |
| a) it would cost too much | |
| b) no control method is 100% effective and no product can be applied everywhere | |
| c) some landowners would object to pesticides being applied to their land | |
| d) all of the above |
| a) ignore them until they sting someone | |
| b) kill them anyway, because all ants are bad | |
| c) let some get on them and see if they sting | |
| d) contact their local Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Office for assistance |
| a) they kill colonies that cannot be easily seen | |
| b) they require less application time than individual mound treatments | |
| c) they require less money than individual treatments | |
| d) all of the above |
