Fire Ant Control in Naples, FL

Fire Ant Control built for Naples homes

Naples is built on flat urban land, including fill laid over buried muck layers and poorly drained sand over limestone, and that terrain shapes how fire ants establish themselves here. Solenopsis invicta, the red imported fire ant widely documented throughout Florida, favors open soil where drainage is slow, and Naples supplies that across much of the city. June through September delivers the heaviest share of the roughly 50 inches of rain Naples receives annually, saturating mound sites and pushing colonies toward driveways, landscape beds, and the edges of home foundations. Freezes arrive about once a decade here, so the cold-season dieback that reduces fire ant pressure in other parts of the South simply does not occur. Colonies remain active with little interruption, which is why a continuing treatment program suits Naples far better than a single seasonal visit.