It’s swarming season and if you’ve found tell-tale wings anywhere on your property, now’s the time to ask a professional to begin termite control efforts. After all, the wings are generally a sign that a large colony of termites is nearby and already feasting on your home or business’ wooden structure. Other signs to look for at this time of year are mud tubes, hollow sounding wood, depressions behind wallpaper and holes or big cracks in the baseboards.
Professional termite control generally cannot begin until both the species of termite and the colonies’ locations have been identified. Five of the most common species are dry wood, conehead, damp wood, subterranean and formosan. Because they are known to live outside of wooden structures and then tunnel their way in, uncovering subterranean species’ nests tends to be one of the most challenging task of all.
Whether a home is infested with conehead, dry wood, subterranean, damp wood or formosan species, DIY termite control is not advisable for many reasons. To begin with, termites are crafty insects with far-reaching nests and multiple ways of escaping DYI treatment methods. Plus, termite queens are prolific egg layers. As such, property owners who try to handle the termite problems themselves may actually end up driving the destructive creatures farther into the structure instead of exterminating them.
Termite control companies have access to large amounts of termiticide, which is available to them in a variety of forms. Consequently, they may use it to kill those far-reaching nests and prolific breeders all in one shot. Understandably, being able to completely wipe out multiple generations of termites at one time is favorable over dragging the process out over time. It will not only mitigate damage risks but save property owners money and time too. To learn more about hiring a company to provide commercial or residential termite control, please contact us.
