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Fact: Termite swarmers found stop all invasions of subterranean
swarming during the summer months termites, but shields do force termites to
in the Southeast U.S. are the light build shelter tubes around them, making
southeastern subterranean termite, activity easier to detect.
Reticulitermes hageni, and are brown Tip: Research has shown that application
in color, not black. This species is of termiticides under slabs using a slower
occasionally found in buildings and its flow rate of around 1 gallon/minute
brown color leads to misidentifications as improves distribution of the treatment
drywood species. under the slab in creating a continuous
Tip: Locating termite bait stations next to treated zone.
stumps, landscape timbers and sites with Fact: Colonies of Formosan
active termites will improve the chances of subterranean termites can be very large,
foraging into the stations. exceeding 1 million individuals. Those
Fact: Subterranean termites can of native subterranean termites are
remain active throughout the year within generally much smaller, with most being
heated buildings although the level of less than 100,000 individuals, although
activity is generally less than is seen giant colonies have been uncovered by
during warm months. researchers.
Tip: Creating a wood template to mark Tip: Use of a directional tip on a termite
the distance between drill holes and the treatment rod improves distribution of
distance from the foundation helps make the treatment between injection points
drilling slabs easier and leads to a neat, and also directs treatment toward the
professional-looking treatment. foundation.
Fact: Metal termite shields on top Source: Stoy Hedges, B.C.E., Stoy Pest
of crawlspace foundation walls will not Consulting; and Mallis Handbook
of Pest Control
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