Siesta® Insecticide Fire Ant Bait

BASF · Metaflumizone 0.063% · EPA Reg 7969-232 · INSECTICIDE Document last checked 2025-03-16

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Active ingredient Metaflumizone 0.063%

Manufacturer BASF

Category INSECTICIDE

Full details for Siesta® Insecticide Fire Ant Bait

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Siesta is a broadcast bait designed to control imported and native fire ants. It is applied outdoors to lawns, turf, landscaped areas, golf courses, sod farms, nurseries, and other non-crop/non-grazed areas like parks and athletic fields. The product can be applied using a handheld or walk-behind spreader or motorized mechanical equipment.

Pests covered (4)

Imported and native fire antsANTSFIRE ANTIMPORTED FIRE ANTS

Areas treatable (52)

lawns, turf, landscaped areas, golf courses, sod farms, industrial/municipal sites, other outdoor non-crop/ non-grazed areas, such as airports, roadsides, cemeteries, commercial grounds, parks, school grounds, picnic grounds, athletic fields and other recreational areasIndividual Mounds Including Mounds in Areas of Containergrown Plantsnurseries in and around container or field-grown fruit and nut tree stock; In nurseries in and around container or field-grown ornamental and nursery stock; nonbearing fruit and nut trees, vines, brambles and bushberries grown in commercial ornamental nurseriesSTONE FRUITS (SOIL TREATMENT)STONE FRUITS (NONBEARING)NUT TREES (NONBEARING)ALMONDS (SOIL TREATMENT)ALMONDS (NONBEARING)FRUIT TREES (NONBEARING)ORNAMENTAL TURF (LAWNS) (BAIT APPLICATION)PECANS (SOIL TREATMENT)POME FRUITS (SOIL TREATMENT)POME FRUITS (NONBEARING)PECANS (NONBEARING)WALNUTS (SOIL TREATMENT)WALNUTS (NONBEARING)CITRUS (SOIL TREATMENT)CITRUS (NONBEARING)NURSING HOMES (INDOOR INEDIBLE)ANT HILLS (BAIT APPLICATION)ROADSIDES (BAIT APPLICATION)INDUSTRIAL SITESNONCROP AREAS (BAIT APPLICATION)AIRPORTS (BAIT APPLICATION)ATHLETIC FIELDSPICNIC AREASORNAMENTAL GRASSES (BAIT APPLICATION)COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS (OUTDOOR) (BAIT APPLICATION)RECREATIONAL AREAS (BAIT APPLICATION)PARKS (BAIT APPLICATION)HOTELS/MOTELS (OUTDOOR) (BAIT APPLICATION)ORNAMENTAL PLANTS (NURSERY STOCK)WAREHOUSES (OUTDOOR)POULTRY HOUSES (OPEN PREMISE TREATMENT)SCHOOLS (OUTDOOR INEDIBLE)SUPERMARKETS (OUTDOOR INEDIBLE)HOSPITALS (BAIT APPLICATION)MUNICIPAL AREAS (OUTDOOR)ANIMAL LIVING QUARTERSORNAMENTAL TURF (CEMETERIES)ORNAMENTAL TURF (GOLF COURSES) (BAIT APPLICATION)LIVESTOCK CORRALS (OPEN PREMISE TREATMENT)LIVESTOCK HOLDING AREASRESIDENTIAL AREAS (BAIT APPLICATION)ORNAMENTAL TURF (BAIT APPLICATION)ORNAMENTAL TURF (RECREATIONAL) (BAIT APPLICATION)ORNAMENTAL TURF (GROWN FOR SOD) (BAIT APPLICATION)ORNAMENTAL TURF (PARKS) (BAIT)ORNAMENTAL TURF (COMMERCIAL) (BAIT)ORNAMENTAL TURF (CEMETERIES) (BAIT)ORNAMENTAL TURF (GROWN FOR SOD)ORNAMENTAL LAWNS (BAIT APPLICATION)

How to treat each type of area 4

lawns, turf, landscaped areas, golf courses, sod farms, industrial/municipal sites, other outdoor non-crop/ non-grazed areas, such as airports, roadsides, cemeteries, commercial grounds, parks, school grounds, picnic grounds, athletic fields and other recreational areas

Target pest	Location	Rate	Unit	Label notes
Imported and native fire ants	Outdoor	3.0	lbs/5000 sq ft	formly using a handheld or walkbehind spreader or motorized mechanical equipment.
Imported and native fire ants	Outdoor	1.5	lbs/A	Broadcast bait

Individual Mounds Including Mounds in Areas of Containergrown Plants

Target pest	Location	Rate	Unit	Label notes
Imported and native fire ants	Outdoor	1.5	pounds per acre	Use broadcast equipment capable of applying 1.5 pounds of Siesta per acre. Calibrate and adjust equipment prior to application to ensure that the proper rate of product wi

nurseries in and around container or field-grown fruit and nut tree stock; In nurseries in and around container or field-grown ornamental and nursery stock; nonbearing fruit and nut trees, vines, brambles and bushberries grown in commercial ornamental nurseries

Target pest: Imported and native fire ants
Location: Outdoor

Worker safety

Re-entry interval (REI) 12

PPE required Coveralls, Waterproof gloves, Shoes plus socks

Timing & weather

Apply Siesta at the first sign of fire ant activity.
For best results, apply Siesta in the early morning or late afternoon when ants are most active.
Ants are most active when temperatures are above 60° F.
DO NOT apply when the ground is saturated with water, heavy dew, or when heavy rains are expected within 12 hours.
DO NOT water-in granules after application.
Wait at least 12 hours after application before irrigating treated area.
For best results, allow 7 days after bait application before applying a contact insecticide to the bait treated area.

Use restrictions 4

DO NOT graze or feed lawn or sod clippings to livestock.
DO NOT apply to the soil around fruit and nut trees more than 4 times per year.
companion animals (such as horses and llamas) are kept; these companion animals CANNOT be used for food or feed.
DO NOT apply when the ground is saturated with water, heavy dew, or when heavy rains are expected within 12 hours.