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Exterra gets to work in-ground... To the right is a house under attack by subterranean termites. Termites have been attacking this house from some time. This is a job for Exterra. The first step of using Exterra is to install In-ground Stations around the house at points near where termites are likely to be foraging in the ground for food. The Stations contain non-toxic food preferred by termites. This food is called Interceptors. The Stations are inspected at regular intervals for evidence that termites have found some of the Stations and are feeding on the Interceptors. ...and above-ground quickly Here we see an installed Above-ground Station under termite attack. Above-ground Stations are not always installed however in certain circumstances they can be very useful. In fact, Above-ground Stations are the preferred approach when termites are in your home. Above-ground Stations are also very useful when ground access -around the outside of a building makes In-ground Stations too difficult to install. Above-ground Stations are used only when a point of termite attack in the building can be located. Bait is placed in the Station when it is installed. Above-ground Stations can speed up the process of colony elimination. After the termite colony is eliminated, they are removed. Termites have been intercepted... Foraging termites have found one of the Stations and are feeding on the Interceptors in this scene. Notice how the termites have built tunnels in the earth that now reach the Station. This is their pathway back to the colony. The Exterra Station is designed to both speed the process of termites finding the Station and to increase the percentage of installed Stations that are actually attacked. This is made possible because of the arrangement of the Interceptors in the Station and the high preference termites have for the wood used to form the Interceptors. The arrangement of the Interceptors in the Station is so unique it’s patented. ...so its time to put Requiem to work. To the right we see the Station after it has been filled with Requiem Termite Bait. The Interceptors have been omitted in this view but are actually still in place. The termites were feeding on the Interceptors but have now switched to feeding on the Requiem Termite Bait. The termites made this switch because they prefer to eat Requiem Termite Bait even more than they prefer to consume the Interceptors. This is because Requiem is designed to be highly preferred by termites. Termites can’t resist Requiem which leads to the colony’s quick demise. Here we see both Stations have been found by termites. The Stations have been replenished with Requiem Termite Bait several times. Requiem has severely affected the termite colony. The best evidence of this is the small number of termites left feeding. These few remaining termites have been severely affected and are in no shape to cause much more damage to the building. Soon these few termites will be gone as Requiem succeeds in completely eliminating the colony and stopping further damage to the building. |
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