Subterranean Termites cause more damage than any other insect in the Bryan/College Station area. RP Lee Termite & Pest Control offers several options for Subterranean Termite Treatments, Subterranean Termite Preventive Treatments, and Subterranean Termite Monitoring Systems.

RP Lee Termite and Pest Control can provide a variety of control and monitoring methods that can fit your needs at a reasonable price. After a complete Inspection of your home, the landscaping, condusive conditions, and building construction, RP Lee Termite & Pest Control can develop a Subterranean Termite program that is right for you.

Subterranean Termite Treatment: Using Termidor

Termidor! We have been treating with Termidor since 2003 with a 99% success rate. "It is the best Subterranean Termite chemical I have ever used." Randy Lee. With over 20 years of experience treating Subterranean Termites, Termidor has been the best.

Termidor can take up to 90 days to have full effect. Since it's such a slow kill it allows the colony to transfer the chemical from one termite to another through body contact, feeding, and grooming. This increases the chance of colony elimination.

The Most Insidious Threat Your Home May Face

No matter how your home is constructed, where it’s located, or how old it is, it could be attacked by subterranean termites. They are a threat across 70 percent of the world and in every part of the United States except Alaska. They cause 5 billion dollars worth of damage each year in the U.S. alone, damage not covered by most homeowner’s insurance. And damage that can go undetected while it grows for years on end. It’s their ability to so masterfully avoid detection that makes termites so destructive.

Subterranean termites are the type most likely to attack your home. Although species vary throughout the United States (See Regional Termites), all subterranean termites are social insects that nest in large underground colonies. There can be millions of termites in a colony, but you may never see any evidence of them, until a pest professional discovers they’ve seriously damaged your home.

Regional Termites

Eastern Subterranean Termite

• Found throughout the Eastern US and as far west as Montana.
• Swarms in our area occur between March and May.
• Colonies are typically located underground but can also exist above ground, usually due to excess moisture resulting from a roof or plumbing leak.

Western Subterranean Termite

• Found from Canada south to Mexico and east as far as Idaho and Nevada.
• Like eastern subterranean termites, they colonize under or above ground.

Desert Subterranean Termite

• Thrive in the dry lower deserts of southern CA & AZ.
• Swarms occur in the summer and fall.
• Can build free-hanging mud tubes from ceilings and overhangs as long as 12 inches.

Formosan Subterranean Termite

• Found in the southern half of continental U.S. and in Hawaii.
• Known as the “Super Termite”, because they’re particularly vigorous, aggressive and successful.
• Maintain very large colonies (often in the millions) and can severely damage a structure in as little as three months.
• Build hard nests called “Cartons” within walls, in which thousands of termites can live indefinitely without soil contact.

Termites do have a place in the environment and have been an important part of our ecological systems since the beginning of time. Termites infest dying trees and speed up the natural cycle of deterioration, allowing for new growth to begin. Unfortunately, they can’t distinguish between the wood in your home and the wood in a forest. There are three key steps you can take to make sure your home doesn’t become their home.

Step 1 : Get Professional Help

Small holes in wood, crumbling drywall, sagging doors or floors, insect wings, and small mud tubes are some of the more obvious potential signs of termites. But, even if you don’t notice any of these signs, that doesn’t necessarily mean termites, or the conditions that invite them, aren’t there. That’s because termites are masters at avoiding detection, remaining completely hidden within walls and wood while they do their worst damage. Regular inspections by a licensed pest professional are the only way to ensure your home truly is, and remains, free from termites and the damage they can cause.

Qualified pest professionals have the training in termite biology and behavior to identify, prevent, or responsibly treat termite problems, before they get out of control. And they use the most advanced and effective termite defense products to help prevent problems and damage over the long term.

The first thing RP Lee Termite & Pest Control will do is perform a thorough initial inspection of your home. The purpose of the inspection is to determine if, where, and how termites are getting in. In order to find food (wood/cellulose) and moisture, they will squeeze through cracks as narrow as the thickness of a sheet of paper. Expansion joints, foundation cracks, tiny gaps around plumbing, and electrical service entries are all potential entry points.

Every accessible inch of the house that comes into contact with the ground will be examined, and the entire structure will be inspected for signs of damaged wood and termite shelter tubes. We can find your termite activity and can also explain how to correct any conditions in your home that invite termites.

Step 2 : Employ the best defense : TERMIDOR

If the inspection reveals termites, we can get rid of them and keep them from returning. If your home is currently free of termites, congratulations! Now, it’s time for us to take preventative action to ensure it stays that way. For the fastest, most effective way to address either situation, we will recommend Termidor, America’s #1 Termite Defense Product.

Step 3 : Schedule Regular or Yearly Check Ups

A clean bill of health from a doctor today doesn’t mean it’s not important for you to get regular check ups in the future. Your home after a Termidor treatment is no different. Regular check ups by us will make sure Termidor continues to do its job, and that your home remains termite-free for as long as you are there.

How Termidor Works

Termidor’s flexible application options allow us to determine what type of treatment will work best for your particular situation. If there are no active termites in your home, Termidor will help ensure there won’t be in the future. This not only protects your peace of mind, but adds value to your home as well.

Termites can’t avoid what they can’t detect.

Termites are smart enough to stay well away from anything as deadly to them as Termidor, if only they knew it was there. But Termidor is an advanced technology liquid called non-repellent, or “undetectable.” That means termites cannot see, smell, taste, or avoid it. Instead, they contact, ingest, and share Termidor, completely unaware that doing so will inevitably kill them all.

Termidor kills termites several ways.

When termites eat Termidor-treated material, they will die. But Termidor doesn’t stop there. It kills termites by contact as well. And since termites can’t detect its presence, termites directly ingest and contact Termidor as they go about their normal routines. This dual action alone sets Termidor apart from other termite control products. But Termidor’s unique “Transfer Effect” elevates its effectiveness to a whole new level.

Termidor’s “Transfer Effect”

Whenever a termite ingest, or touches Termidor, it, in effect, becomes a “carrier”, transferring Termidor to every other termite it comes in contact with. These termites in turn become secondary carriers, behaving normally while they transfer Termidor to every termite they contact, and so on throughout the colony. Because Termidor is intentionally engineered to be slow-acting, individual termites have ample time to pass it on to their entire population. This unique, spiraling process is called the “Transfer Effect,” and it helps Termidor deliver devastating results that are unmatched by any other product.

There Are Other Options...They're Just Not As Good

Better than other liquids:

Like many other termite control products. Termidor is a liquid, but that’s where the similarities end. Among liquid termiticides, Termidor is in a far more effective league of its own.

Many older liquid termite controls are repellents, which termites can not only detect, but also take great pains to stay away from and circumvent. In fact, given the tiny entry gaps that termites are able to find and easily fit through, it is virtually impossible to maintain a secure chemical repellent barrier around your home. Since Termidor is undetectable, termites neither avoid its treatment zone nor try to find ways around it.

Even other non-repellent liquids can’t match Termidor’s unprecedented performance or success rate. Some claim to be “nearly”, ”virtually”, “almost” as effective, but the difference between “almost as good as Termidor” and Termidor itself can make all the difference in the world when it comes to ensuring your home is termite free.

Better than Baits

A bait system does not seek out termites. Instead, termites actually have to find a bait station and then “recruit” sufficient colony members to it as well for it to do any good. Unfortunately, there’s no guarantee termites already in or heading for your home will ever find it at all! If they do, it can then take many months for a bait system to control their colony. Termidor starts working immediately and is the fastest and most effective at eliminating termites in and around structures.

Is It Responsible? Does It Smell?

Environmentally Responsible

Termidor is applied with time-tested application methods at very low rates. In fact, for an average home treatment, only 8 ounces of the active ingredient, fipronil, are actually used. Fipronil has been used around the world for over a decade in products for flea and tick control on household pets and on agricultural crops to protect food supplies. So, in other words, you may very well already rely on the active ingredient in Termidor to help protect and improve your quality of life.

Termidor also binds tightly to the soil in which it is applied. This not only maintains Termidor’s protective treatment zone through rainfall and irrigation, but also eliminates concern about chemical leaching or spread.

Finally, Termidor is registered with the Environmental Protection Agency and can only be applied by a properly trained pest professional, assuring you of strict adherence to environmental regulations and safeguards.

Odor Free

Some pest control products have a strong chemical odor that is not only repellent to pests, but quite unpleasant to you and your family as well. Termidor, on the other hand, has virtually no odor, which means you and your family won’t notice a thing after your home has been protected.

Checkups Are Required

After a professional Termidor treatment, you can rest assured your home is termite free. But regular follow-up inspections and monitoring are the keys to maintaining Termidor’s protection. Think of them the same way you think of routine medical and dental checkups, or other common household maintenance activities.

We may place monitoring devices around your home to keep a close eye on potential new termite threats. Thorough inspections will also ensure that Termidor’s protective treatment zone hasn’t been disrupted by any subsequent home improvements, alterations, or landscaping. Inspections will also keep you aware of any new conditions that may be inviting termites.

Renewing your termite contract each year is an excellent way to make sure your home inspections are always on schedule and your Termidor protection stays intact.

Remember, only we can keep your home termite-free with Termidor. With us and America’s #1 termite defense working together to protect your home, termites will be the last thing on your mind.

 

Some information and pictures provided with kind permission by Termidor