Is that an ant, fly, or a termite you found? Here at Platinum Pest & Lawn, we have highly trained technicians to identify your pests for Tulsa Pest Control and the surrounding areas. There are three types of termites: workers, soldiers and swarmers. Like most colonies, there is a king and queen, of course. Did you know that they reproduce around thirty-thousand offspring in a small colony, yet yield approximately one-million offspring in large colonies? A single queen can lay over one million eggs, just think about the vast and prompt traffic those little ones will produce, as they’re navigating their way into your walls, furniture, soil and other commonly traveled areas. Worker termites relentlessly search for food to feed the entire colony, quite a demanding role to play. No pressure, right!? Soldier termites have a self-explanatory role, by protecting and defending the colony. Swarmer termites are the salesman on foot, leaving the colony to start new colonies elsewhere. Talk about vast expansion!
Workers forage for food in approximately the length of a football field away from their colony, covering a lot of territory in a short amount of time. They leave a chemical trail of pheromones that communicate to other worker termites to follow them toward new-found food sources. How do you protect your property from these detectives infesting your home? This is where Tulsa Pest Control by Platinum Pest & Lawn comes in, by using our termite bait system, Sentricon. There are two common solutions used for treating and protecting against termites, Sentricon bait systems or liquid treatments. Liquid treatments are literal chemical barriers surrounding your home using a trench method and by also drilling holes into the concrete and brick obstructions along that barrier to maintain a continuous field of protection; which takes hours and hundreds of gallons of termiticide to implement. A termite coming into contact with the barrier will die. Even with this intense preparation, there are factors to consider that will interfere with the effectiveness of the treatment. All they need is 1/32 of an inch to sneak their way through the barrier. Liquid treatments degrade over time and are not designed to eliminate the colony, which is not ideal in terms of effectiveness and duration.
How do we outsmart these crafty pests? With Sentricon, by using their natural instincts against them, to eliminate their entire colony. When faced with Tulsa Pest Control residents needing reputable solutions offered by Platinum Pest & Lawn, our certified technicians tackle these concerns with confidence. Worker termites are constantly searching for food to feed their entire colony, so Sentricon bait stations do just that…the bait feeds the termites without them realizing any harm will come from what they are ingesting. The workers distribute the bait, which is scientifically proven to be preferable to eating wood. The unsuspecting termites pass the food from termite to termite, causing the workers to die first. Then, as the colony continues to die off, so does the queen. VICTORY!!!! Death to the queen means less reproductive activity. This protective bait system protects against future colonies that arise as well, not just present ones. The determination between liquid and bait treatments is scientific, liquid exposes vulnerability and bait ensures eradication.
The National Pest Management Association has published an estimated five billion dollars each calendar year for termite damage costs. It is suggested that five million homes in the United States are discovering termites each year, those are undeniable numbers being reported! Here is what to look for, if you do investigate before calling out the professionals: swarmers leave behind their discarded wings around window sills, doors, vents, bathtubs and sinks. Mud tubes are formed highways between the soil and the wood above, so the worker termites can cross the barriers and stay away from their common enemy, ants. Hollowed-out honeycomb patterns may be visible damage caused by termites, most likely found in wood wall studs, baseboards and floors around the house, similar to the mud tubes. Live termites appear to be soft-bodied, light-colored insects the size of a grain of rice. They are seldom noticed in open areas and they prefer dark, moist areas. If you identify signs of termites, Tulsa Pest Control by Platinum Pest & Lawn has you taken care of.
It is easy to feel safe from termites, when you do not see them or any of the indicators that they have created their colony beneath or within your home. Just because you do not see them, does not mean they do not exist. Signs of a colony’s existence may be hard to visibly detect. In fact, their subterranean nature is precisely why we educate our customers by saying, “it’s not a matter of IF, but WHEN, you will detect termites on your property”. Tulsa Pest Control is our specialty, beginning with our termite inspections and estimates. Once you begin visually seeing the signs that they are present in or around your home, the damage has already begun. Subterranean termites are Mother Nature’s way of breaking down natural resources like soil and trees. They cannot distinguish the difference in your home’s materials versus nature’s, they’re absolutely unbiased when it comes to setting up shop to construct their colonies. Telling the difference between wood in your home and the tree outside makes no impact on the worker termite’s selecting where to begin construction.
As a resident, we seldom consider the make and materials of our furniture or decor having such an impact on attracting pests, such as termites. Everyday wooden items like, flooring, walls, ceilings, bed-frames, dressers, built-in carpentry throughout the entire home, ricks of wood inside/outside the home, pallets for DIY projects, decorations, and the list goes on and on and on. The attraction is never-ending and quite worrisome when you stop to take inventory of the delicious materials you have within your home for the pesty termites to devour and destroy. Tulsa Pest Control is a Platinum Pest & Lawn specialty, eradicating termites one colony at a time with less fear and more fight! Your largest investment is typically your home and property. But to a termite? That hefty investment is just food to them. Time to gear up and fight back, by protecting your assets! Let us give you peace of mind with Sentricon. As they say, “Death to the termite queen. Death to her colony. For good. No Queen. No Colony. No Worries.”
