DIY Termite Control-knowing the basics.

DIY Termite Control is a good way to help protect your home from termites, provided that you have the right tools and enough knowledge to know when your DIY project, should become the task of a trained professional. DIY Termite Control with the help of Termicure Termite Baits is a way that the homeowner can save a small fortune by doing the basics. Installing and monitoring termite baits requires just a little skill, which almost anyone can muster to install a system, and monitoring the system is a simple of popping off the lids, and looking for signs of termites, or termite workings.

If you decide to install and monitor your own Termite Baiting System, then you are going to need to learn just a little bit about termites. Termites like to eat Timber-Yes! Termites can cause lots of damage to homes-Yes! DIY Termite Control will save you a small fortune-Yes!…But you must be aware that even though you might do some reading to learn about termites, there will always be more to know. The pictures on this page show a small winged insect. These are intact, Winged Termites, or ‘Alates’. Alates are a caste of termite which come pouing out of a new through their tunnels in trees and other structures, to fly out into the world to start new colonies of termites.

DIY Termite Control does not mean that you need to know everything about termites, but the more you know, the more success you will have in keeping termites from destroying your property.

Back to the Alates…. Alates are quite clumsy in the air, and are not particularly good at flight, but they will be blown by the wind, and hopefully, they will land with a mate, somewhere there is a food source and some moisture. They can be identified by two distinctive features. Termites have two pairs of wings, equal in length, as you can see clearer by the picture in the pond. The other identifying feature is the antennae. While ants have an ‘elbow’ in their antennae, where they are able to bend them into two sections, slates are able to bend their antennae at all points along their length.

So, DIY Termite Control. Termite Baits are a simple process in which you can protect your home without needing to know everything. Just follow the simple instructions provided by Termicure in our Termite Bait Packs, and if you get stuck, either give us a call or email, and we’ll point you in the right direction.