Siesta® Insecticide Fire Ant Bait
Siesta™ Insecticide Fire Ant Bait, with the active ingredient metaflumizone, delivers fast and long-lasting control of native and imported fire ants.
Siesta Insecticide Fire Ant Bait is the only sodium blocker insecticide (SCBI) that does not require metabolism for bioactivation. The specific site of the insecticidal action is not currently known, but it does act on the insect’s nervous system, where it blocks the voltage-dependent sodium neuron channel. As a result, these neurons are inactivated, causing the ant to enter a state described by researchers as “relaxed paralysis.”
The direct effects are that Siesta Insecticide Fire Ant Bait causes the cessation of feeding, increasing levels of immobility, and ultimately, ant death.
Benefits of Siesta® Insecticide Fire Ant Bait
- Non-repellent, with a novel mode of action
- Eliminates the queen and the entire colony
- Rapid cessation of feeding leads to colony collapse in three days
- Listed on USDA APHIS for nursery stock RIFA quarantine certification
Ornamental sites:
- Outdoor nurseries (field and container)
- Soil around bearing and non-bearing fruit or nut trees
Non-cropland areas:
- Airports
- Cemeteries
- Parks
- School and picnic grounds
- Recreational areas
- Roadside areas
Turf sites:
- Athletic fields
- Commercial grounds
- Golf courses
- Lawns
- Landscaped areas
- Sod farms
Siesta Insecticide Fire Ant Bait allows for application flexibility with mound treatments