Hi, Alex.

I'm a fellow Texan and just found your 13 year old post going down a google rabbit hole trying to find a solution to the same problem. I have no idea if you are still active or if you will ever receive notification of my response, but here goes.

You are the first person on the internet in which me reading your first post was unbelievably relatable nearly word-for-word, but I'm merely in the very early stages of what you experienced. My house is only 2 years old post-construction and found sporadic fire ants in my master bathroom just like you did for the very first time this March 2024. Pest control guy believes it's coming from the garden tub plumbing, since they're coming from the carpet-tile edge at the doorway of the master bath. And then somehow in the separate shower (maybe the shower drain)? I had no idea what a sand trap was until you talked about it here. Pest control sprayed Termidor on all outdoor mounds, foundation perimeter, and under the baseboard in my bedroom that meets the wall behind the tub. Still seeing small number of fire ants but now I'm seeing the bigger guys plus the little ones!

If this comment reaches you, what's been your outcome since your battle 2010-2011? What's your advice?

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