Kwik Kill Exterminators treats fire ant mounds and baits whole yards across Houston and Harris County, from a base inside the city.
Kwik Kill Exterminators works fire ant control across Houston and Harris County, treating the mounds in a lawn and the colonies under them. The shop sits inside Houston, so a yard call stays a short drive.
A visit starts with a walk of the turf, the beds and the fence line. The crew spreads bait where the workers forage and drenches the active mounds near a patio or play set.
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An exterminator treats fire ant colonies across the whole yard, which is what separates a hired treatment from a bag of hardware store granules.
Broadcast bait covers every square foot of turf, so the colonies a homeowner never spotted take it in as well. Workers carry the grains to the queen, and the mound dies out instead of splitting into new ones.
A mound drench soaks the nest with treated water and drops the workers inside within hours. The crew uses it on the mounds beside a patio, a walkway, a mailbox post or a play set.
Fire ant stings hit ankles, hands and dog paws the moment a mound breaks open. A treated lawn puts the grass back in use for a barefoot child and a dog in Houston.
Red imported fire ants pour out of a disturbed mound in seconds, unlike the native ants that share a Houston lawn. The crew names the ant first, then picks the bait and the drench that match it.
Fire ant colonies rebuild after heavy rain and after a mound is disturbed. A spring round and a fall round of bait hold a Harris County yard down through the long warm season.
Fresh mounds in the lawn are the first sign that a yard needs fire ant control. A mound looks like a dome of loose soil with no hole on top, and it rises overnight after rain. Ants pour out the second a mower wheel or a boot touches the dome.
Stings line up in a row on an ankle and turn into white blisters by the next day. Trails of ants run along a driveway edge, a slab crack or a hose bib.
One sourced range covers fire ant control near Houston: exterminators in the area quote $150 to $400 for a first yard treatment.
| Job | Typical range |
|---|---|
| First fire ant treatment on a residential yard | $150 to $400 |
Yard size, the number of active mounds and the distance from a patio or play set move the number. The crew prices each yard after inspecting the turf on site.
