Factors To Consider About Termite Control

In certain countries, the climate is ideal for what is called white ants which are in fact termites to proliferate. Termites, especially subterranean termites have similarities to other insect pests in that they've got basic demands for food, water and shelter. Provide them with these conditions, along with cozy humid days and all of their Christmases have come at once.

Food - Termite source of food is any item that has cellulose. That leaves a very great number of potential foods including timber and its by-products, natural fibres like cotton, silk and wool. If forced, termites can survive by consuming almost any plant as they all have some amount of cellulose.

Water - Termites can access water in its various forms through a variety of methods based on where they are nesting as well as feeding and the availability of it. Where a termite colony is nesting in a tree, they use a protective substance on the top and bottom of the nest called "mud-gut." This material is composed of soil, regurgitated timber and termite faeces. It is very dry and possesses the ability to suck moisture from the tree as it is hydrating itself. Where termites are nesting in a cavity beneath a building there is often a source of moisture from a leaking pipe or perhaps from built up humidity because of water movement through the soil. Many other conditions that allow water sources for termites are present right alongside our homes, for instance, dripping taps or hot water devices, leaking irrigation or poor drainage.

Shelter - Termites are subterranean in nature and therefore, invest their entire lives underground or perhaps in conditions that replicate living underground. They are blind and require high humidity to survive; as a result, they create this high humidity artificially, wherever their nesting or feeding site is. All that is essential to house a nest is a cavity of adequate size to house the entire colony which is moderately near a moisture source along with a food source.

Weather conditions - When various weather conditions change (inevitably in summer) to very warm and humid, the termites are in their element! It is at this time that they could feed at their maximum rate and foraging and food storage is also at its highest. One good reason for this is the reduced work load that the worker termites have because of the already accessible humid air as opposed to them having to produce it.

At this time of year the termites can forage above soil, away from their tunnels for short periods of time.

The good thing about this highest feeding season is that if we are baiting to destroy the colony, at this time the bait uptake as well as moulting rate is extremely high triggering early devastation of the colony.

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