Understanding Yellowjackets and Hornets

Yellowjackets and hornets are more aggressive than other stinging insects, particularly in the late summer and early fall when their colonies are at their peak. Identifying these pests and understanding their behavior is the first step in effective control. Yellowjackets tend to build nests in the ground or in dark, secluded areas, while hornets are more likely to establish their nests in high, sheltered places like tree branches or leaves.

Effective Prevention and Removal Strategies

The key to controlling yellowjackets and hornets lies in early detection and professional removal of nests. Here are some strategies ApolloX Pest Control employs to manage these pests effectively:

Regular Inspection

Regularly inspect your property for signs of nests. Early in the season, look for smaller, developing nests which are easier to remove and involve less risk. Pay special attention to attics, sheds, and dense vegetation.

Professional Nest Removal

Killing and/or removing a yellowjacket or hornet nest can be dangerous. It is strongly advised to contact professionals like ApolloX Pest Control. Our trained technicians have the proper equipment and expertise to safely and effectively treat nests, ensuring the safety of everyone involved.

Prevention Tips

• Seal Entry Points: Ensure that all windows, doors, and cracks in your home are sealed to PREVENT yellowjackets and hornets from entering. YOU CAN’T SEAL IF THEY ARE THERE ALREADY.
• Proper Waste Management: Keep garbage cans sealed and dispose of garbage regularly. Yellowjackets are particularly attracted to protein-based foods and sugary substances.
• Reducing Attractants: During outdoor activities, keep food covered and avoid using heavily scented perfumes or lotions that might attract these pests.

Customized Solutions for Your Home

At ApolloX Pest Control, we don’t just remove existing infestations—we also provide customized solutions to prevent future problems. We assess your specific situation and environment to develop a plan that targets your particular challenges, whether it’s adjusting landscaping, advising on outdoor eating areas, or implementing routine inspections.

Safety First

Your safety is our top priority. We ensure that all treatments and removal procedures are conducted with the utmost care and respect for your property and well-being. Our technicians are equipped with the safest and most effective tools and techniques in the industry.

Take Action Today

Don’t let yellowjackets and hornets keep you from enjoying your outdoor spaces. Contact ApolloX Pest Control today to schedule a consultation. Our team is ready to provide you with the peace of mind that comes from having a safe, pest-free environment.

Give us a call at 203-256-1200 to learn more about our pest control services or explore our website to discover how we can help you maintain a safe and enjoyable outdoor space. With ApolloX, you’re not just controlling pests; you’re enhancing your quality of life.

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A healthy home and family is a pest-free home. All pests naturally live and breed in nature and in homes following a yearly cycle. This cycle includes a dormant state followed by an active state.

At any given moment, the pests in and around your home are at some point in their annual cycle. To learn more about this, view our article, “Pest Activity Trends“.

Ensuring a healthy, pest-free home involves eliminating each pest at the point in their natural cycle where they are most vulnerable.

Year Round 365 Pest Control: Which Pests?

Bed bugs, mice, rats, cockroaches, yellow jackets, ants, termites, spiders, pantry moths, moles…they each have their life cycle. Each have a point in that life cycle where they are especially vulnerable and where pest control is most effective.

And, at every month of the year, there is some pest that can most effectively be controlled during that month.

Year Round 365 Pest Control: “An Ounce of Prevention…”

As it has been wisely said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Regular, consistent preventative measures are much more effective and safe than dealing with a run-away pest infestation. Overall, Year Round 365 Pest Control is more economical when you consider the health cost of a pest problem as many pests carry infectious disease. In addition, there is the damage pests cause to your home. For example, termites destroy more homes annually than fires. Pantry moths, cockroaches, mice and other pests can contaminate all your stored food. Just the thought that this might possibly be happening at the moment adds needless stress to life.

Year Round 365 Pest Control: What Is It?

Year Round 365 Pest Control is a program offered by ApolloX Pest Control in which we routinely inspect your home and the area around it for the presence of pests. Then we take measures to control or eliminate each pest at the most vulnerable point in their natural life cycle.

Year Round 365 Pest Control: What Are the Benefits?

The benefits of Year Round 365 Pest Control are…

• A pest-free home
• A healthier environment for you and your family
• Peace of mind knowing that you do not have a hidden pest problem
• Protection for your home against the damage caused by pests

Year Round 365 Pest Control: How and When to Get Started

ApolloX Pest Control can accept a limited number of Southern Fairfield County homes into our Year Round 356 Pest Control program.

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We’re in the heat of our northeastern summer as July draws to a close, ushering in the month of August. Pests that have been hiding in and around your house begin to creep into view. You may experience sightings of rats, cockroaches, mosquitoes and other insects. This is common.

Summer Pest Control – Why not DIY?

For many, upon sighting a pest, the first impulse is to take action immediately by eliminating that pest themselves. Out of sight, out of mind.

The problem with DIY approaches is that the pest you see is most likely not the only pest around. It may be just the tip of the iceberg with the real population somewhere hidden out of sight.

Summer Pest Control – Get at the cause.

Another issue: What conditions invited the pest into or around your home in the first place? View some of the articles on ApolloX Pest Control to learn the conditions that favor each type of pest. Your ApolloX pest control professional will not only eliminate the pests you see, but also the hidden pests. In addition, we’ll locate the cause of the pest infestation so that once the pests are gone, they won’t want to return.

Summer Pest Control – Be Safe.

DIY pest extermination can be dangerous. Over the counter pest applications can be highly toxic, especially when applied without proper training and experience. ApolloX Pest Control experts will ensure that pest applications are applied safely, protecting your safety and that of your family.

Summer Pest Control – Secure Your Home and Family.

DIY pest control is rarely effective, leaving the problem to progress. The pests are likely damaging your home. Termites, carpenter ants, cockroaches, rodents…these and others can permanently damage the wooden structure of your home, your electrical system (rodents chew through wires) while creating health hazards to your family (many of these pests spread dangerous bacteria and viruses).

Summer Pest Control – Eliminating the Pest Is the Least Expense.

It soon becomes clear that professionally eliminating the pest is far less expensive than replacing damaged siding, structural beams or recovering from a health issue caused by pests.

Summer Pest Control – Do It Right.

So, when you see that mouse, cockroach, spider, carpenter ant or yellow jacket nest, resist the DIY urge to just eliminate the pest you see. Call the professionals to safely eliminate the problem and its cause. 

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Often in the course of our pest control work, trusted clients will look to us for help outside the realm of pest control. One of our clients just approached us with a sad story of a Tibetan Terrier, Herbie. Herbie’s owners, no longer able to care for him, brought him to Ridgefield Operation Animal Rescue (ROAR) shelter. They’ve owned Herbie since he was a pup. Herbie is now about 7 years old.

Terrier Dog Needs Home – Has A Winning Personality

Herbie’s gentle personality has already won the love of the staff and many visitors at the ROAR shelter. He is used to being with a family and was brought to ROAR through no fault of his own. It appears Herbie will adapt quickly to a new family, given the proper love and care.

Terrier Dog Needs Home – Up on Vaccinations and Other Important Items

Imagine how nice it would be to avoid all the trouble of house-training a puppy, vaccinations (Herbie is up to date on these), neutering (done!). Herbie is even microchipped!

The adoption fee is only $250. Visit the ROAR website at http://roar-ridgefield.org to learn more about the pet adoption policies. Better yet, drop in to see Herbie (please call first: 203-438-0158)!

Donofrio Family Animal Shelter
45 South Street
Ridgefield, CT 06877

Terrier Dog Needs Home – Personality is More Important Than Breed

Note: ROAR is pretty good at guessing the dog breed, but it is a close approximation based on their highly educated guess of the predominate breed or mix. ROAR gets to know each dog personally and by the time the adopting family arrives to view Herbie, they’ll be able to say a lot about the personality of the dog, which is far more important than any breed label.

In all, Herbie is ready to make some lucky family very happy. Come visit him at ROAR!

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Identifying Ground Bees – It’s the time of year when they’re around.

How do you know if your have a ground bee problem? The first sign is probably noticing a collection of small dirt mounds on your lawn. A closer look will reveal that there is a small hole next to the dirt mound, and just one bee is leaving, entering or buzzing around the hole. The bee will range from 1/2 to 3/4 inch. You’re most likely to discover ground bees in your lawn during March through July. 

Identifying Ground Bees – Are they dangerous?

The good news is that ground bees are not generally aggressive. Leave them alone, and they will likely leave you alone. They can sting, so if you or anyone in your family is allergic to bee stings, or you expect to entertain guests who might be allergic to bee stings, ground bees could be a problem.

Identifying Ground Bees – Could they damage your lawn?

Another piece of good news is that, even though you might hate the look of all those dirt mounds on your lawn, ground bees will not damage the lawn, and are likely to only be around about 6 weeks.

Identifying Ground Bees – Make sure it’s not another kind of bee!

So, what are the potential issues with ground bees? First of all, you want to be absolutely sure you’re dealing with ground bees. If you see many bees entering and exiting from one hole in the ground, you’re not dealing with ground bees. It could be a nest of aggressive wasps. Totally different scenario! Run! And…

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We’re professional and experienced in treating all kinds of bees you might find in your lawn. Lawns are meant to be welcoming, safe places for kids to play and for people to lie down, look up at the sky and feel close to nature on a warm inviting spring or summer day. Bees living in the lawn can tend to ruin that peaceful scenario. 

Another issue: Even if there’s just one solitary bee per hole in the lawn, it might not be a ground bee. It could be a solitary wasp. These can be aggressive. 

Identifying Ground Bees – Indicator of Lawn Problems

One of the most important issues with ground bees in your lawn is that it’s an indication your lawn is not healthy. Ground bees prefer dry conditions, and thinning, weak lawns. Water your lawn at least weekly. Fertilize it. Build up the turf to a lush green, and the ground bees will no longer feel welcome. If the ground bees are in an area where grass will not grow, mulch the area.

Identifying Ground Bees – Conclusion

So, while ground bees are not necessarily a problem, they can make the thought of your kids playing on the lawn, or a barefoot walk across the lawn, or even the act of mowing the lawn become less than a relaxing, enjoyable experience.

If there are bees living in your lawn, hovering about, making you nervous…

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The instance of people googling for mole extermination services increases every April and peaks during May (see our Pest Activity Trends article). So, we’re in the main time of year when you’re likely to discover moles as a problem.

Exterminate Moles – The most visible damage.

The scenario is that you’re a homeowner or business owner who puts a lot of care into creating a beautiful green carpet-like lawn. You make sure your lawn has the water and fertilizer it needs, and is mowed at the ideal height for lawn health. You carefully eliminate any weeds and lawn pests. You love when your neighbors compliment how green and lush your lawn looks.

All is well…until one morning you awaken to see a volcano-like mound of dirt in the middle of your lawn. You’re concerned. You carefully remove the mound and restore that spot in your lawn to its former beauty. The next morning there are a few mounds. You’re horrified! Your green carpet of a lawn is now looking quite damaged.

Exterminate Moles – The culprit and the damage.

The most likely culprit in the state of Connecticut is the Eastern Mole. This little critter has the super power ability to create a tunnel up to 100ft long under your lawn EVERY night. And, if you see a few mounds, it’s likely you have more than one of these super excavators creating their network of tunnels. Mowing your lawn is no longer a joyful act as your lawn mower begins to hit mounds of dirt that can bring it to a sudden damaging halt.

Exterminate Moles – What are they looking for?

What attracts moles to your lawn? They don’t eat grass or roots. They’re looking for insects, worms and grubs. However, another underground rodent, the vole, can move into their tunnel system and begin looking for roots to eat. Now your most loved ornamental plants and shrubs are at stake.

Exterminate Moles – Your Options

It’s actually a debate whether moles might be good for a lawn. They eat lawn pests like grubs, and so can be healthy to the lawn. Some homeowners prefer to leave them alone. However, it’s hard to ignore the spread of those unsightly mounds.

One approach can be a win-win. Eliminate the grubs and you’ve eliminated a part of the mole’s food source. However, then there are the worms. There are drawbacks to eliminating that food source. Worms love a well-watered lawn. You could water your lawn less often and perhaps see the worm population diminishing, but then you risk losing that green carpet-like look, and worms aerate the soil and contribute to the health of a lawn.

Other options involve more direct measures like poison or trapping. Traps need to be handled safely, and some states have regulations against mole trapping. Mole poisons can also be toxic to pets, fish and birds. The poison can remain in the mole and be toxic to animals the dig it up and eat it.

Of course there are a host of natural remedies like devices that emit sound waves, placing chewing gum or human hair in the mole’s runway system. These tend to have very unsatisfactory results. The moles persist.

Exterminate Moles – Get Professional Help

If you have a mole problem, it’s best to call a licensed mole exterminator.

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Exterminate Moles – How to prevent a mole problem.

Let’s imagine that your property is adjacent to property, parkland or undeveloped land that is riddled with mole hills. You know it’s only a matter of time until they tunnel under your lawn and begin creating their mud volcano-like hills.

If the moles can’t tunnel into your lawn or garden in the first place, you’re safe. You’ll need to encircle your property with wire mesh buried 2 feet deep, or you could dig a 2ft deep trench around your property, or a garden area you wish to protect, and fill it with rocks. Not an easy task, but it all depends on how badly you want to avoid a mole problem.

Another preventative measure is to install plantings that repel moles. Here are a few: Garlic, chocolate lillies, daffodils, marigolds, alliums, and fritillarias, mole plant and castor beans. However, beware that mole plants and castor bean plants are considered to be poisonous and should not be used around pets and children.

If you have a mole problem, or notice mole activity in an adjacent property, call the professionals.

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Many termite species need moist areas to survive. Their colonies can be traced directly to the ground under your home. You can observe the mud tubes they create between the ground and the wooden parts of your home they feed on. These are subterranean termites.

Drywood termite ninjas, on the other hand, are silent, hidden. They’re not tied to colonies located underground. You won’t find the tale tale mud tubes of subterranean termites. There won’t necessarily be evidence of termite colonies in wood piles and old tree stumps on your property. In fact, your property and the area under your home may be certified completely termite-free. Yet, these stealth ninjas are present.

Drywood Termite Ninjas – Where do they hide?

Hidden in places people don’t naturally look for termites are these silent drywood termite ninjas. That piece of furniture you just bought through a classified ad, that delivery of lumber for the construction of a new addition on your home, the wood flooring you purchased and are preparing to install. Any of these can contain drywood termites, and you’d never know until the wood was installed in your home. In fact, while we most often think of looking for evidence of termites in the basement or crawlspace under the home, drywood termite ninjas could have an established colony hidden in the attic–how often do you go up there and inspect for insect damage!

Drywood Termite Ninjas – What damage do they create?

Once they’re in your home, these silent drywood termite ninjas emerge at night from the wood flooring, the furniture, your new addition, and they move into other areas of your home. Their presence expands as they slowly consume your house board by board.

Drywood Termite Ninjas – What are the signs of an infestation?

The most obvious sign you have drywood termite ninjas, is their fecal hexagonal fecal pellets. These will be at least 1mm long and collecting at the base of some wooden object. Look in dry areas of your home such as the attic, areas around your windowsills, in a closet. The fecal pellets will contain very little moisture due to the fact that the drywood termites extract all the water from their feces, which helps enable them to live in areas of very low moisture.

Another sign is to tap solid looking wood and listen for a hollow sound. Drywood termite ninjas eat wood from within, so if a solid wooden table leg or solid wood flooring sounds hollow when tapped, it may in fact be hollow, being consumed from the inside out!

Imagine what paint looks like when the wood beneath it has been consumed. It begins to look bubbly. That’s another sign of the presence of these termites.

Drywood Termite Ninjas – What to do if you observe signs of an infestation?

Call a professional termite exterminator immediately. You have no way of knowing how many areas of your home have been infested. This species of termite ninjas is extremely hard to eradicate.

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It’s Spring at last! North-easterners are emerging from their homes to enjoy the outdoors. The first place we all notice is our yard and garden. Which plants made it through the Winter? We begin to clean up the Winter damage and design our garden.

Guess who else is emerging this Spring? Carpenter ants and termites. The way you clean-up and re-plant your landscape this Spring will make a great difference whether or not these pests find a way into your home.

What is pest-free landscaping? We’re not talking about a landscape that is free of insects. In this article, we use the term “pest-free landscaping” to refer to landscaping that doesn’t encourage pests to enter into your home.

Pest Free Landscaping – Soil and Mulch

One common Spring gardening activity is the re-application of a fresh layer of mulch and bark dust. Mulch and bark dust help keep the soil from drying out during the hot Summer and therefore promote healthy plant growth. But this moisture quality in mulch becomes a great environment for termites and carpenter ants. When the mulch layers pile up over the years until they are in contact with the wooden siding on your home, this becomes a major highway for carpenter ants and termites to enter into your home.

It’s best to keep mulch at least 4″ below the place where your home’s concrete foundation ends and the wooden structure begins. In addition, don’t let the mulch layer thicken beyond 3″. Excessive mulch can harm plants while becoming a super hotel for carpenter ants and termites.

Pest Free Landscaping – Raised Gardens

Do you have a raised garden against the side of your home? If so, you’ll be watering it throughout the Summer, keeping the soil moist so the plants can grow. However, this moist soil right against your house can harbor carpenter ants and termites. They also love the wet wooden sides of the planter. It’s pretty easy for them to tunnel right through the planter and into your home! Make sure there is an insect-proof lining between the planter and your home. Concrete or metal is a good choice.

Pest Free Landscaping – Trees and Large Plants

One great highway pests use to enter your home is trees and large plants that are in direct contact with the house. Eliminating this natural insect highway will go a long way toward preventing a carpenter ant or termite infestation. Inspect the area around your house for any tree branches that are in direct contact with the structure or overhanging the roof. Trim them back. Do you have vines growing up the siding? As attractive as they look, you might want to eliminate them.

Pest Free Landscaping – Thick Ground-cover

That dense ivy growing right up to the walls of your home keeps the soil moist, which in turn encourages carpenter ants and termites. Cut it back a few feet from your home so the soil immediately around your home can dry out, providing a natural barrier against these pests.

Pest Free Landscaping – How well did you do?

If you see any of the following signs, you might revisit your pest-free landscaping strategy.

Carpenter Ant warning signs:

• Swarmers (Winged ants)-This is a sign that the colony is looking to expand and look for a new nesting site
• Sawdust (fine wood shavings that the Carpenter Ants push aside to create nesting sites, known as “frass”)
• Crunching noises behind the wall
• Seeing more than 10 ants a day throughout your house, or seeing any ants inside your house in the winter months

Termite warning signs:

• Mud tunnels or mud tubes. These are typically found on the sides of foundations
• Swarmers (Winged Termites)-This is a sign that the nest is near
• Damaged wood-The wood will appear to be crushed, or you will see tunnels. Galleries will be filled with soil and chewed wood, while ant tunnels are very clean

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Drywood termites are pale to dark brown in color and about 1/4 to 1/2 inches long. Unlike subterranean termites, drywood termites do not need moisture. They don’t need to have their base colony underground nor do they need to create mud tubes from the ground into your home. 

This creates two issues:

• Harder to discover: First, without the tale-tale mud tubes characteristic of subterranean termites, or a highly visible winged invasion, drywood termites may not be as easily discovered in your home.
• Greater mobility: Second, drywood termites are more mobile. Here’s a possible scenario: You purchase a beautiful new wooden cabinet, or an antique wooden table. Unknown to you, the wooden furniture is infested with a colony of drywood termites. They were already hidden in the furniture before you brought it into your home. Once inside your home, the drywood termites easily move from the furniture into the framework of your house.

Like subterranean termites, drywood termites destroy wood and can cause irreparable damage to your home.

Drywood Termites – Prevention

One of the best ways to prevent drywood termites from entering into your home is to thoroughly inspect all wood that you bring into your home. This includes all wooden furniture and wood used in remodeling jobs (i.e. wooden flooring to replace an existing floor, new wooden siding, the wood used in a new addition to your home…etc.). You can ask for a certificate of termite inspection when purchasing wood that will enter your home.

Termites hate citrus. It drives them away. When cleaning any exposed wood inside your home, use citrus-based cleaners. 

Drywood Termites – Discovery

As we said, drywood termites may be harder to discover than subterranean termites–but not impossible. Look for the dark fecal pellets they push outside their living area. These will eventually form small piles.

Do not assume that the drywood termites have only remained in the new wooden furniture. By the time you discover them, they could have already moved out of the furniture and into the wooded structure of your home. If you suspect drywood termites, call a licensed termite exterminator to confirm the presence of the termites.

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Drywood Termites – How to rid your home of an infestation.

There are basically 2 ways to exterminate drywood termites: Chemicals and Heat

• Chemicals: These will usually be in the form of poisonous gas used to fumigate all or part of your home. Chemical injections can also be used, especially if your are absolutely certain the infestation is well localized in a smaller area. It is highly recommended that you call on the services of a licensed termite exterminator to ensure chemicals are safely employed.
• Heat: As with bed bugs, heat also kills drywood termites. The infested area will need to be tented, then brought up to the required temperature for the recommended period of time. The advantage of using heat is that there is no toxic gas or liquid substance in your home. The disadvantage is that if improperly applied the heat may be ineffective. You want to ensure that all the termites are killed, for any stragglers could continue to spread and do further damage to your home.

Drywood Termites – Better safe than sorry.

Considering the damage drywood termites can cause to your home (they’re like a smoldering fire), it’s a good idea to schedule a periodic termite inspection by a licensed termite exterminator every few years.

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Flying termites (the reproductive form of termites) in or around your home is one of the signs a termite colony is near. Flying termites originate in a nearby existing colony and are looking to breed and start a new termite colony. For example, there’s a termite colony in an old dead tree stump on or near your property. The flying termites originate there, and then enter your home looking to establish a new colony in your home. 

Locate Termite Colony – Make sure it’s termites and not carpenter ants.

First, make sure it’s not a flying ant (similar looking). Flying ants have 3 segments to their bodies while flying termites have only two segments.

Locate Termite Colony – Where the flying termites might appear in your home.

The first visible sign people often see is termite wings on a window sill or along a baseboard. What’s happening here? Flying termites drop their wings after mating.

Locate Termite Colony – Where flying termites go to lay their eggs.

Where do flying termites go after mating? They’re looking for a place to lay their eggs and start a new colony. Here’s were some detective work comes into play. If we’re talking about subterranean termites (the species most common the the Northeastern U.S.) the flying termites will drop their wings and then burrow into the mud to lay their eggs. Look for the tale tale mud tubes they create as they burrow into the ground, or move from the ground up into the wooden structure of your home.

Locate Termite Colony – Follow the mud tubes.

What are the most likely locations to discover the mud tubes? Look in a dark moist location (the crawl space under your home is a likely candidate). If there is a water leak dripping underneath your home, so much the better for the termites! Look in cracks in your home’s foundation. Look underneath your home’s siding. Check your basement.

Once you’ve located their mud tubes, you’re close to the termite colony.

Locate Termite Colony – What if you can’t find any mud tubes?

If you’re unable to locate any mud tubes, this doesn’t necessarily mean that there is no termite colony in or near your home. It’s best to schedule a professional termite inspection:

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Locate Termite Colony – Once you discover the mud tubes, what’s next?

The best methods to exterminate a termite colony are liquid termiticide sprays and baiting systems. Spray the termiticide around the foundation of your home. If you discover holes or cracks in the walls, spray there too. Spray where the mud tubes are located. Place termite bait in the soil around the foundation of your home spacing the bait in intervals of about one foot.

Locate Termite Colony – 4 primary dangers to avoid.

The first of 4 dangers is that the toxic termiticide and bait might come in contact with yourself, your children or your pets. 

The second danger is that you may think you’ve located and eliminated the termite colony, when in reality, you have not. What if there is more than one colony? What if there is a colony on or near your property waiting until next year to send it’s winged ambassadors back into your home?

The third danger is that, while you may have eliminated the termite colony, there is damage to your home that is in critical need of repair. For example, an important foundation support may have been compromised.

The fourth danger is that conditions remain in your home favorable to the establishment of another termite colony. There may be a hidden water leak that dampens your home’s foundation or the ground beneath your home.

Locate Termite Colony – Better safe than sorry.

Only a licensed professional termite exterminator can give you the peace of mind that all the termites have been safely located and exterminated, that there are no conditions in your home that favor termites and what damage needs to be repaired.

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Consider what needs to happen to restore a home to health after a fire? Termites are like a silent fire, and even after they’ve been “put out”, your home will need attention. Though termite damage may not be as evident as fire damage, it can be as critical. 

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