Exterra Exterra in ground baits have timber strips or ?interceptors? installed as a frontline in and around the structure. Foraging termites consume the bait and share it with termites from the main colony, resulting in a gradual decline in termite numbers. A comprehensive baiting program then seeks to maintain a termite-free condition on the customer's property through ongoing inspection, monitoring and re-baiting as needed. Q. What are the best methods for trapping termites and destroying termite colonies?
A. A very thorough termite inspection is crucial before any pre-baiting is commenced. All trees and stumps within the property boundaries should be test drilled and treated if termite activity is found. Mature trees, especially Eucalypts should be targeted, even on neighbouring properties if permission is granted. The pre-baiting period could take several months or longer depending on the local climate. Large numbers of termites feeding on the bait will help gain faster control.
Use Purified Water and Wash Your Hands!
Natural spring or bottled water is recommended when mixing termite bait powder and be sure to wash your hands prior to inspecting. Pesticides, petrol, motor oils, etc, that are on your hands will repel the termites contaminating the baits stations. If your Exterra bait stations become contaminated with any foreign substance, replace the station with a new one.
Don?t Place in Water or Near Contaminates
Avoid areas where there is pooled water or close to contaminates. The bait must be "tasty" enough that termites will readily consume it, even in the presence of competing tree roots, stumps, woodpiles and other timber. Delayed-action also enhances transmission of the lethal agent to other termites, including those that never fed on the bait. Entire colonies can be eliminated in this manner.
Once termites are detected in the wooden interceptors, the bait material is added. Termites cannot see or smell the baits underground; they wander into them during their persistent foraging. Place lots of baits stations (minimum distance around structures 3-5 metres) in known or suspected areas of termite activity.
Stacked timber, trees, stumps, untreated timber retaining walls and areas adjacent to termite damage or present termite activity are the best places to install the bait stations.
Garden Pests
A garden pest such as ants can invade bait stations. It is best to replace heavily invested bait stations and use methods other than spraying to control the infestation eg. Ant baits located above ground near the stations.
Exterra needs to be installed so that subterranean termites feed at multiple locations within their foraging area. Quite simply, the more bait stations installed, the better the chances of locating termites. Installing more stations increases the odds of encountering multiple colonies and secondary nests of the same colony.
Above-Ground Baiting
In known areas of termite activity the stations are installed directly in the path of active termite tunnels after delicately breaking open mud leads or timbers with a screwdriver or sharp knife. Use a Termatrac microwave tracking device or a thermal imaging camera to locate areas of high activity. Effects tend to be more rapid with above-ground baiting, since the procedure does not require waiting for termites to find the below-ground installations.
When Are The Termites Under Control ?
Only one Exterra bait station can kill off a termite colony if enough bait is consumed, though the idea is to get as many termites as possible in the area to be feeding in multiple bait stations at the same time. In Australia the average subterranean termite colony contains approximately 250,000 to 500,000 individual termites. That means it may take as many as 40 Exterra bait stations or more to completely get control of the termite colony. When the termites have eaten enough bait then you can be relatively assured that the termites are under control. When the termites have consumed 1 kilogram of bait, and/or feeding has stopped for a period of 6 months, and there is no indication of active termites anywhere on the property or inside the structure, then you can be relatively sure that the termites are under control. You will observe that only a few if any soldiers are left feeding and we call that the expiry of termite activity.
Bar Coding
Only Exterra termite baits require station bar-coding, which make the system very efficient at controlling termites. All Exterra Authorised Operators are equipped with a handheld computer system to scan the Station Barcodes and record their results. These handheld computers are later synchronised with the Exterra Computer Management program at the Ensystex Corporate Head Office to ensure third party verification of the pest managers systems and reliability to give you that extra confidence of knowing your home is well protected.
YOU'VE GOT TERMITES and you want them gone. Here?s how Exterra does it using electronic pest control regulating methods. - Exterra gets to work in the ground...The first step of using Exterra is to install In-ground Stations around the building at points near where termites are likely to be foraging in the ground for food. The Stations contain non-toxic food made of a timber termites prefer to eat.
- Above-ground Stations are the preferred approach when termites are already in your home. Bait is placed in the safe and sealed Station when it is installed. Above-ground Stations speed up the process of colony elimination. After the termite colony is eliminated, the Above-ground Stations are removed.
- Termites have been intercepted...Termites are easily detected in the Exterra Stations. The unique (patented) design of the Exterra Station allows for termites to be seen without disturbing them. This is very important. And the termites are not disturbed during bait application either.
- ...so it?s time to put Requiem to work. Requiem Bait is added without disturbing the termites. This is vital to achieve quick and consistent results. Requiem is highly palatable to termites and they readily consume it in
preference to timber. In fact Australian studies show that once termites start feeding on Requiem they stop feeding on the timbers in your home! Requiem is also non-toxic to you and your pets. - Termites can?t resist Requiem which leads to the colony?s quick demise. The termites feed on the Requiem and take it back to the colony where it is fed slowly throughout the entire colony. Since the termites die gradually, they do not associate the colony?s demise with the consumption of Requiem. This ensures that the entire colony is eliminated.
- The colony is eliminated. Any remaining Requiem is removed. Fresh timbers are placed in the In-ground
Stations, the Above-ground Stations are removed and ?Peace of Mind? monitoring continues. This is because your property remains susceptible to future attack from new termite colonies or other established colonies. To relieve this constant threat the Exterra System works on an ongoing process of monitoring, baiting and eliminating. THE SAFE environmentally friendly way to eliminate termites How Exterra* Stations protect your home
All of us would like to think of ?terminal? as the best way to describe a termite?s fate. Well by installing Exterra Stations around your home, a series of Termite Terminals, you are assured that termites will be eliminated and your home continually and safely protected.
The Elite method
The Exterra Termite Interception and Baiting System offers an elite standard in termite management. It is certainly long term, effective, family-safe and environmentally responsible termite management,
utilising Exterra In-ground Stations with Focus*.
What?s Focus?
Focus is a natural, non-toxic, food based additive that is added to the Exterra Station. Once in contact with the soil it works with soil micro-organisms to slowly release a small, precisely determined amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the soil. Termites love CO2. It might not be a gourmet meal to us, but minute levels of CO2 certainly attract termites. University research has proved it. Termites are attracted to levels of CO2 that mimic those naturally given off by both rotting wood and termite nests, so the CO2 in the soil directs termites to potential feeding sites. The Focus in your Exterra Station is doing its job, by naturally directing the termites to an Exterra Station and not your home.
THE ONLY baiting system that creates a complete Termite Interception Zone around your home
Larger Exterra Stations with Focus terminate Termites better. CSIRO studies show that quite simply and obviously, the larger the monitoring station, the quicker any termites in your garden will find it, instead of your house!
So with Focus producing a naturally engineered concentration of CO2 that attracts termites directly to the large Exterra Station, you know your home is being optimally protected. Exterra Stations are nearly four times larger than most other Stations, so once the termites start to follow the CO2 trail they quickly find the Exterra Stations. Focus produces a two metre diameter ?termite interception zone? around the large Exterra Stations, which means that when a termite comes within two metres of your Exterra Station it will be attracted by just the right amount of CO2 and eagerly and happily follow the gourmet trail into the Exterra Station.
That means its last supper time and the colony is eliminated, keeping your home safe. Your home is securely protected by the complete and continuous Exterra Termite Interception Zone.
Will the Exterra Stations attract Termites to my home?
Rest easy, the answer is no. The large Exterra Stations are there to protect your home and will only intercept those termites that have entered into and are actually foraging in your garden. If the Stations weren?t there then these termites would eventually seek out and attack your home. If you choose another baiting system, the termites are likely to miss the small stations and again find their way into your home.
So there is no doubt only the elite Exterra Termite Interception and Baiting System, with its unique Termite Interception Zone encircling your home, forms the most effective system to protect your home.
Sure Protection that is less Toxic than Salt
It?s highly likely that you have a home security system to protect your place from invaders. Well that?s how the Exterra Termite Interception and Baiting System can be described. It is there to protect you from the invasion of termites, continually. After eliminating attacking colonies, Exterra Stations guard your home by monitoring for future invasions; offering a long term termite solution that?s easy on the environment.
Exterra utilises closed and locked Stations with a termite bait less toxic than table salt! How?s that for a bonus? You get protection, a product that actually eliminates the entire termite colony and does so without harming the environment and is safe for you, your family and pets! It?s all so simple!
Exterra Stations are placed around your property to intercept termites. Once intercepted, Requiem* Termite Bait is added to the large Exterra Station without disturbing the termites. The hungry termites feed on the Requiem and the colony is eliminated. Where active termites are found in your home, Exterra Above - ground Stations allow your termite problem to be dealt with quickly, right at the point of termite attack.
Requiem has a unique stop feed action on termites so once they start feeding on the Requiem they won?t damage your home.?
The Timber we use is a Treat for Termites.
Native eucalypt timber interceptors are used in our large Exterra Stations simply because independent studies have shown that this timber is the most favoured by termites. If it seems like a good meal to termites they will hungrily enter the Station, which means they will be eliminated. Most other monitoring Stations use softwood timber or cardboard because they are much cheaper, but cheaper certainly doesn?t mean better! Softwood timbers rot away sooner and are less palatable to termites. So where do the termites go? Not to a station with less favoured timber, no, they head to your home because it is more attractive. A further reason to use Exterra?s large Stations and native eucalypt timber is that some termite species will not even contemplate eating softwood timber, so your home is totally exposed to these termite species. Unique, patented design, easy to maintain.
It?s important that your baiting system can be inspected and that is why Exterra In-ground Stations are perfectly designed. The patented, open cavity design allows the timber interceptors lining its perimeter to be easily inspected without disturbing the termites.
This is not the case with other systems where interceptors are removed disturbing the termites. Exterra Stations also allow bait to be added without disrupting the termite colony.
Guaranteed to Solve Your Termite Problems.
You need to be completely confident in your product to offer customers a guarantee that you will solve their termite problems#. Well that?s how confident we are with the Exterra Termite Interception and Baiting System. We are so confident in its effectiveness and the security it provides to you and your home that we guarantee as a team, your Authorised Exterra Operator and Ensystex, that we will together solve your termite problems. So if we are that confident, you can be confident in choosing the Exterra elite termite management system.
Exterra and your professional pest manager.....
.....will protect your home, so you can forget about termite problems. Rest assured the termites will be eliminated, year in, year out, for as long as you maintain your Exterra system. EXTERRA GUARANTEE To solve Termite problems #Conditions apply. Termites just love to feed in the Exterra Stations.
The Exterra Quality Tick
Only Exterra offers you the guarantee that all Exterra Authorised Operators are professionals who have completed an in-depth training program in termite baiting and undertake on-going professional development as part of the Exterra Quality Care programme.
Plus, only Exterra requires Station bar-coding. All Exterra Authorised Operators are equipped with a handheld computer system to scan the Station Barcodes and record their results. These handheld computers are later synchronised with the Exterra Computer Management program at the Ensystex Corporate Head Office to ensure third party verification of the pest managers systems and reliability to give you that extra confidence of knowing your home is well protected.
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*Trademark of Ensystex Inc. USA. Exterra Benefits
- Unique Termite Interception Zone protects your home.
- Larger Station intercepts termites better.
- Native timbers ensure termites enter Stations.
- Quality Controlled System and Operators with bar-coded Stations.
- Safe for you, your pets and the environment.
- Eliminates the Termite Colony.
Exterra was chosen by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority to protect the ReefHQ Aquarium; the Education Centre for the Great Barrier Reef.
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