At Advanced Pest Control, we intend to make you feel secure by protecting your home or business from termites.

The Caribbean is home to many Pests, one of them being termites. Termites are wood eating insects, that will DESTROY your home if not treated properly or immediately. Our termite control technicians, offer great services to rid of your termite problems by offering a termite treatment.

Subterranean Termite

If you have a termite problem on your property, you may notice this during the spring and summer season. You might find multitudes of termite wings from swarmer’s inside your home on windowsills, in lighting fixtures, etc. Numerous people mistake flying ants for termites, but they both have different characteristics when inspected closely.

Alongside swarming termites, subterranean and drywood termites also show more subtle signs of their activity.

Subterranean termites nest in soil to obtain moisture, but they also nest in wood that is often wet. They can easily infest any wood in contact with the ground. If the wood does not contact the soil, they can build mud tunnels or tubes to reach wood several feet above ground. These tunnels can reach 50-60 feet to reach wood and often enter a structure through expansion joints in concrete slabs or where utilities enter the house. A subterranean termite colony can contain between 100,000 and 1 million individuals.

Dead trees and brush are the original food source of subterranean termites. When land is cleared of this material and houses are built on these sites, termites attack the structures. Termites can enter buildings through wood in direct contact with the soil, by building shelter tubes over or through foundations, or by entering directly through cracks or joints in and under foundations.

Any material in direct contact with soil, such as trees, vines or even plumbing fixtures, can serve as an avenue for infestation. Subterranean termite swarmer’s may also be blown into or on structures, thereby starting a new colony. Termites are attracted to odors formed by wood-decaying fungi that soften the wood and make it easier to penetrate.

Drywood termites will colonize directly inside wooden members, for instance within walls or within furniture. Amongst the first signs of a drywood termite infestation is the presence of their tiny fecal pellets. Drywood termites are better housekeepers than their subterranean cousins. So to keep their termite tunnels clean inside the wood, they will create “ejection” holes to discard their fecal pellets. If you see small holes in furniture or walls, probe the area and knock lightly to see if fecal pellets fall out of the hole.

Watch for additional pellets dropping from the hole after you’ve cleaned them up. If fecal pellets do reappear, you may have an active colony, especially if your home has never been serviced.

Other Wood destroying organisms include;

• Wood infesting insects
• Powder Post Beetles
• Bark Beetles
• Long Haul Beetles