To determine if wood has been damaged by wood-decay fungi, insert the sharp point of a probe or sturdy knife and lift up. If the wood buckles and breaks at the point where the probe is inserted, it indicates fungal damage. If the wood splinters and breaks away at a distance from the probe, it […]
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Tips & Tricks: Proper Termite Inspection
For proper termite inspection (and thus treatment), become familiar with the leading edge veins and how many veins are characteristic...
Tips & Tricks: The Benefits of Termite Bait Stations
Termite bait stations are placed in the ground around a structure with pieces of wood inside as a prebait to...
Tips & Tricks: Why Carpenter Ants are the Termites of the North
Carpenter ants are sometimes called the termites of the North because of their propensity to damage wood and the...
Tips and Tricks: Train Technicians to Recognize Termite Activity
General pest technicians who haven’t been trained on how to recognize termite activity might be costing companies new business. Training...
Word on the Web: Termites
Insect-inspired robots can build unsupervised Termites can build mounds without central guidance or direct communication. Inspired by the intriguing insects,...
Believe It or Not: Termites Inspire Group-Think in New Robots
Harvard University turned to the insect world to help develop robots of all things. Researchers designed a crew of tiny...
California registers Termidor H•E High-Efficiency Termiticide
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC—BASF’s Pest Control Solutions business has announced that Termidor H•E High-Efficiency Termiticide is now registered for use...
Fact vs. Fiction: Termites
Fiction: Subterranean termites only eat wood. Fact: The bulk of their diet is cellulose, but they get it from eating...
FMC Professional Solutions: Talstar Insecticide
It’s Talstar in a can! The industry’s first bifenthrin aerosol product, Talstar insecticide, is a must-have tool for quarterly pest...
Fact vs. Fiction: Formosan Termites
Fiction: Formosan termites chew through everything, including steel and concrete. Fact: Formosan termites (Coptotermes formosanus) will attack non-wood substances such...
did you know? Termites
Every termite has a job — a reproductive termite, soldier or worker. Primary reproductive termites include the king, queen and...
Rockwell Labs Ltd: CimeXa Insecticide Dust
CimeXa Insecticide Dust provides exceptional control of brown recluse spiders, and other venomous spiders such as hobo and yellow sac...
Light at the end of the mud tunnel
For several years running, our media brethren have preached economic doom-and-gloom. “What goes up must come down” has been the...
2013 Termite Management Supplement: Have you abandoned your first love?
Remember when your staff counted the days and braced themselves before the termite season hit? Remember when the phone rang...
Ask the Expert: Termite Warranties and Woodpeckers
Q: Many of my customers were flooded during Hurricane Sandy. Many of them have termite warranties with me. Should I...