Termite Control
Do I Have Termites or Ants?
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Termites invade structures of all ages, old and new. The queen can produce thousands of larvae and colonies can number in the millions. They live as deep as 20 feet underground but prefer the warmth, moister and food. Winged termites are usually, but not always smaller, about 1/4" in lenght. they appear to be cigar shaped and have one body segment, straight antennae, and two pairs of equally long wings. Ants have three body segments with a narrow waist, elbowed antennae and a longer pair of front wings. |
Subterranean Termite colonies can have up to 2 million members! Their colonies are divided into three groups: Workers, Soldiers and Reproductives.
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DIET: Termites eat wood, wallpaper, plastics and fabric made from plants.
HABITAT: Subterranean Termites need contact with the soil to survive. They live in underground colonies or in wet areas aboveground. They build tunnels to reach food and every spring, groups of reproductive termites fly off to start new colonies.
IMPACT: Subterranean Termites are the most destructive kind of termites. They can eat a lot of wood and they can cause a lot of expensive damage to a house! They can destroy building foundations, wooden support beams, plastic plumbing pipes, subflooring, insulation...even swimming pool liners and filtration systems! Termites can also injure or destroy living trees and shrubs.
PREVENTION: Don't let water pool around your homes foundation. Termites like that!
Never leave wood scraps in the yard for them to snack on.
How to Treat Termites
Pre- and Post- Construction Treatments
Signature offers pre-treatments made during the construction of your new home and post-treatments for completed homes.
Termidore is an advanced undetectable liquid technology. That means termites cannot see, smell, taste or avoid it. Instead, they contact, ingest and share Termidore, completely unaware that doing so inevitably will kill them. Whenever a termite ingests or touches Termidor it can become a "carrier," transfering Termidore to other termites it contacts. These termites, in turn, can become secondary carriers, behaving normally while they transfer Termidore to other termites they contact - and so on within the colony. Because Termidor is slow-acting, it gives individual termites ample time to transfer it to others in the population. This unique, spiraling process is called the "Trasfer Effect," and its devastating results maximize the protection of your structure.
Termite Zones in the United States
Kansas is in the moderate to heavy termite zone, which means most homes will have termite problems eventually. It does not cost alot of money to keep your home under a termite warranty or to have it treated to kill termites.
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