Termite Control

Control of termites is probably the most extensive form of pest control because of the amount of knowledge and work required. Termite operations must be performed with an understanding of construction and the proper and safe use of the desired termite solution, along with varied expertise for each termite treatment.

Termites are social insects, and are much like ants. They divide their labor among castes. Different termite species will contain different castes. Nearly all termite species contains the reproductive, soldier and worker. The reproductive will swarm and perform a mating ritual every spring and very few females are in this swarm and even fewer will survive the swarm activity due to birds and and lizards and such that will make a fast meal of them. The workers are blind and perform the task of ingesting the cellulose protein from the wood and transfer this to the queen down below in the ground about twenty feet. The soldiers will fight off any entity that will thwart this mission. The soldiers are also blind and will still act as a forman in the work crew of the workers and there is about twenty or so workers for every soldier. Both the soldiers and the reproductive do not eat wood and rely completely on the worker to receive food from. Below is a subterranean termite tube or tunnel. It only needs about a 64th of an inch crack slip through to get into your termite Inspections for these tubes should be done on a yearly basis, usually in the first month of summer.

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Termite Control