Protect your lawn from fire ants with Ortho Fire Ant Killer Broadcast Granules. It kills fire ant mounds in 15 minutes and protects your lawn for up to 6 months. Don't treat just the infested areas where mounds are visible, treat your entire lawn to control reinfestation of fire ants from neighboring areas. For best results apply with a Scotts spreader when ants are most active (morning or late evening) and when temperatures are between 65º and 80º F, and water in after application. Covers 5,000 sq. ft. of residential lawn space. To keep fire ants at bay, use as part of the Ortho 2-Step System - use Ortho Orthene Fire Ant Killer 1 (sold separately) as a first step to destroy existing mounds, then, use Ortho Fire Ant Killer Broadcast Granules to prevent new mounds from forming for up to 6 months. Trust Ortho Fire Ant Killer Broadcast Granules to not just kill fire ants, mounds and queen, but to keep them away as well.