Minimum average treatment for a 1 or 2 family home is approximately $1200.00
( 1 Year Guarantee)
Additional guarantee periods may be purchased for all cleanouts
at a cost of $65.00 per month

 

Subterranean Termites
 

• Termites have been around for more than 250 million years, since the dinosaurs, when all they did was devour trees in forests.
• Today, termites eat away at homes to the tune of more than $5 billion per year in property damage to more than 600,000 homes in the United States.
• A queen termite can live up to 25 years, laying up to 60,000 eggs in her lifetime.
• Termites will travel up to 250 feet from their nests.
• Research shows that termites work 24 hours per day.

Termites tunnel from their home in the soil in a constant search for wood to eat. But they can't tell the difference between a dead tree and your house. If they come across your home's foundation while foraging, they'll follow any cracks or crevices into your home. They may even enter through wood in contact with the soil or by building pencil-sized mud tunnels from ground level to where the house's wood frame begins.

Termites can also enter your home through expansion joints, and utility and plumbing openings in the foundation. And they are small – all they need is an opening 1/32-inch wide to squeeze into your home.

Chances are, you won't actually see termites or a termite swarm, which lasts less than an hour. More likely, you'll see evidence of swarming – sudden appearance of winged termites; piles of small, lacey wings; or mud tunnels termites build.

Under ideal conditions, a typical termite colony with 250,000 workers can eat about 20 feet of a 2 x 4 board per year. If you find evidence of an infestation, there's no need to panic. It's unlikely the damage will get much worse from the time you first discover termites to the time your home is treated. Still, stopping the destruction sooner rather than later is important to avoid costly damage and repairs.

Habits

Live in colonies underground, from which they build tunnels in search of food; able to reach food above the level of the ground by building mud tubes; dependent on moisture for survival.

Diet

Wood and other cellulose material. Break down cellulose for nutrition.

Reproduction

Different rates of growth from egg stage to adult depend on individual species; one queen per colony, which can lay millions of eggs in her lifetime, but most eggs are laid by supplementary reproductives in an established colony.

Other Information

Termites cause more damage to homes in U.S. than storms and fire combined; colonies can contain up to 1,000,000 members.

A trained pest control technician should be called in to eliminate the colony with pesticides.

Abolish Pest Control offers a 2-year guarantee on all Termite Treatments, with the option to renew after the guarantee has expired for the current prevailing rate.



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