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Learn how the Exterra Termite Control Baiting System eliminates a termite colony.
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Recent and extensive Australian field trials clearly demonstrate the effectiveness of the Exterra system for termite control in Australia.
The Exterra system has been used in the USA for several years with excellent results. The brand-name of the termite bait, called "Requiem", was registered by the Australian Federal Government National Registration Authority in July 2002 for use in Australia by licensed pest controllers, as part of the Exterra termite colony elimination system.
Exterra is designed for
use in and around a building under attack from termites and/or as
part of an ongoing monitoring plan to determine extent of localised
termite activity. |
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(1) Firstly ... a professional inspection and assessment should be carried out by a competent termite control specialist to formulate a termite control program to suit the circumstances of your property.
It is important for the termite controller, if practicable, to determine the termite species, the extent of timber damage and risk of further such damage to the building.
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(2) Written recommendations to the property-owner should then be provided by the termite controller as to a termite control program, including exactly where the Exterra termite bait stations should be placed in and around a building in order to accumulate the maximum number of termites in the bait stations, to thereafter consume the termite bait and maximise the prospect of successful termite colony elimination.
Installation and Monitoring of the Exterra Termite Baiting System
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(3) Station Placement
- the Exterra termite bait stations are placed next to any termite
activity found in or around the building during the inspection and
in other likely areas of termite activity. This is where the skill
and experience of the termite controller is critical.
The Exterra termite bait stations are checked regularly by the termite
controller for evidence of termite activity.
A hand-held computer and bar code scanner is used to record and
compute all the data about the Exterra termite baiting program. |
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(4) Termites
infest the Exterra termite bait stations and feed on the timber in the stations. The unique (patented)
open cavity design of the Exterra termite bait station placed in
the ground, allows for termite attack to be observed without disturbing
the feeding termites.
CONSUMER NOTE: This
is a major advantage over the SENTRICON termite baiting system,
in which the termites must be physically emptied from the Sentricon bait
station and refilled with the bait. Many of the destructive Australian termite species, if so disturbed, will abandon the bait station, entirely. |
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(5) The
Exterra bait is added to the termite infested station without any need to disturb the termites. The Requiem termite bait is highly palatable to termites, which readily consume
the bait in preference to timber. Australian studies have shown that once termites start feeding
on the bait they will stop feeding on the timbers in your home.
(6) Termites feed on the bait and take it back
to the central colony nest where it is spread to other termites - during their grooming and feeding of each other.
Since the termites die gradually, they do not associate the colony's
demise with the termite bait or the location of the stations. This usually means termite colony
elimination occurs within a few months of consumption of the bait. |
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(7) The
Exterra stations can monitor termite activity
and should remain in place even after the existing attack on your
property has been eliminated. Your property always remains susceptible to future attack from new
termite colonies or other established colonies in your area.
CONSUMER NOTE: It is important in any termite control program, due to the secretive nature of termites, to have regular inspections of the building and termite monitoring stations in strategic locations around the building, in order reduce the risk of undetected termite activity in the building. |
Safety Aspects: the Requiem termite bait is of very low toxicity to you, your family, your pets and the environment. The chemical used is less toxic than common table salt. The bait is placed in tamper-resistant plastic stations to guard against interference by children or pets.
There are several advantages with the Exterra Termite Control Baiting System...it is designed to actually eliminate the termite colony. The termite controller can monitor by follow-up inspections exactly how much of the termite bait has been consumed by the termites, and thereby assess the likelihood of successful termite colony elimination.
The cost of an Exterra termite baiting program will depend on the size of the subject building, the extent of the infestation, the risk of further attack and on-going termite activity and other environmental factors.
RECOMMENDED BEST OPTION: On the basis of a range of attributes, we recommend, in most common situations, the use of the Exterra termite control baiting system in and around a building as part of an integrated termite control and colony elimination and monitoring program, where (1) a complete chemical soil treatment using Termidor or Premise is not practicable, or desired, and (2) where a large number (10,000 or more) live termites are most likely to consume the termite bait, within 30 days.
ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE: The use of the Exterra Termite baiting system is often the best single option in environmentally sensitive situations, such as, if the building is near a waterway where a soil treatment procedure may contaminate the waterway, or where it is not practical or desired by the home-owner to drill expensive parquetry or floor tiles in order to apply a proper chemical treated soil barrier.
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