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To Kill a Termite
Don’t Get Too Comfortable
You haven’t killed all the termites in your home using a can of insecticide spray
You haven’t killed all the termites in your home because you removed the damaged timber.
Killing Termites Only Ends by Killing the QUEEN!
An established termite nest/colony may contain a million or more termites and the queen of a large termite colony may be laying a thousand or more eggs a day!
If you begin repairs before killing the termite colony, in many instances you have just given them a new source of food.
The chances are extremely high, the termites will be back.
Or you may be tempted to have a new chemical/pesticide barrier applied
But this doesn’t guarantee that the currently hidden entry point will be found and defended by this chemical application.
You can’t jack up a house to start again.
To kill termite colonies and the Queen, termite baiting is considered to be the most reliable method.
If you’ve found termites and disturbed them, your first action is to ‘gently’ try and find other infested timbers and begin baiting.
If You’ve Found Live Termites Busy Eating Timber
You’ll Need to Use Termite Bait on the Outside of the Timber, termites will carry it back to kill their colony.
Here’s a Step by Step to Killing Termites – Termite Monitors
A TermiTrap (aka a termite monitor), is a decoy for discovering termite activities.
When termite scouts are out discovering the next food source, a Termitrap pretends to be the right amount of wood as a fallen tree. Termites don’t know it’s not a tree… not that they care, it’s wood that is perfect for their next meal and builds tunnels to harvest it
How Termite Monitors Work with Colony Killer Termite Bait
Step 1
Add Termite Monitors
Place termitraps around your home, spacing about 3 meters apart and in areas of concern.
Once termites move into a TermiTrap, termites will seal from the bottom and set up the area for harvesting.
Worker termites will then start eating the timber and soldier termites will defend the area should a hole appear in that air-tight mud seal
Step 2
Identify Termite Activity
Here’s what it looks like when termites seal the hole in the top of the Termite monitor.
Checking TermiTraps is much easy than trying to walk around your home and trying to discover termite activity
This mud seal will happen without you noticing, usually.
But there’s no need to open the TermiTrap as the hole on the top will be blocked out by the termites’ mud
The termites’ aim is to make the feeding area air-tight, safe working temp and safe from ants.
Congratulations!
You know how to set up a system of termite monitors that’s perfect for killing termites, but won’t harm you, your family or your pets.
You will be using the same technique a professional pest controller will be using, but you are saving hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars in the process