Leaving your property without using them for a long time can be an opportunity for termites to invade, but your Tulsa Exterminator can help you protect them. Termites are social insects that feed on wood. They live in colonies and are divided into groups called castes. This caste system has a division of labor. Termites are distinct insect groups with hundreds of species existing all over the world. A good number of these species are crops and a few invade homes.
Termites are good to be eaten, and rich in calcium, protein, fat, and amino acids making them nutritious meals. Each colony has workers to manage and dispose of dead colony members, this task is usually important for overall colony health. Termites are a homeowner’s nightmare. They do not eat only through woods on walls and foundations but also are difficult to detect.
Colonies of termites are difficult to detect because most species build their colonies underground and move through subterranean tunnels. Termites continuously eat through wood, flooring, and even wallpaper 24 hours a day and seven days a week. It is estimated that an established subterranean termite colony could consume the amount of wood equivalent to one cup of sawdust, in as little as 2 hours. Contact your Tulsa exterminators.
Termite Frass
Termite frass can also be known as termite droppings. These droppings are tiny, and each of its size is just like a fraction of an inch, a little larger than a grain of sand, making the identified droppings by termites tricky. The sight of these droppings in the home could be annoying, as they are a common sign of infestation. They could be feasting on furniture in your home. Its height is 0.04 inches long, light brown or black in color, oval-shaped, and has six concave sides and rounded ends.
There are several signs to know about its infestation in your home including frass or termite droppings, depending on the species found in the home you are dealing with, their droppings may look different. Generally, they are very small and vary in color or shape, depending on the wood they are eating, making it harder to identify it in his home because of its destruction. Contact your Tulsa Exterminator.
Termite Control by Tulsa Exterminator
Excessive moisture, leakages, and bad usage bring termites close to constructing colonies around our homes. Liquid soil treatment for subterranean termites can be used to prevent them and can last for about five years. Wood treatment can last five to ten years or more. Physical barriers such as stainless steel mesh, last longest when used. Proper organization of homes, and maintaining a distance between the building foundation and gardens will help limit termites from crossing over.
Drying out infected items can disperse them. In construction techniques, there should be appropriate building materials and applications of techniques that are designed to prevent termite infestation. Once termites are detected, swift actions should be taken to address infestation with different methods of control by professionals. Your Tulsa exterminator can also assist in investigating and eliminating them. Check out our reviews!
If you’re having trouble with termite, or any other pests, then it’s time to call a Tulsa exterminator that can help you. Here at TermMax pest control, we are the best in the business when it comes to dealing with termite, or any other pests. We service the greater Tulsa area, including Broken Arrow, Coweta, Claremore, Catoosa, Owasso, Turley, Bixby, and Jenks. Sand Springs, Sapulpa, Prattville, and so much more. Call today for a free estimate. We’re here to help!
