Things you should know about termite baits. One of the precaution to avoid the termites, particularly in residential locations is termite bait. It is normally a paper-, cardboard-, or sawdust-like stuff having the active ingredient that kills termites. This bait is placed into a plastic bait station. The termite-killing active ingredient goes into their bodies since the termites feed on the bait.

The active ingredient spreads through the colony very quickly. As more workers feed on the bait, more active ingredient gets into the place. Finally, the amount of this active ingredient in termites increases until it kills them to a great extent and the colony vanishes away.

Usually, there are two types of bait stations: on the ground and in the ground. So far as the placement of these stations is concerned, on-ground stations are installed directly over shelter tubes or infested wood so that termites can begin to feed immediately on the bait.

In ground stations are kept in the soil. Generally the stations are cylindrical tubes with disk tops. These disks make the stations easier to find and keep them from sinking into the ground. The cylindrical tubes have a large number of holes which attract the termites to go inside the wood and bait.

The depend of termite killing is entirely on the active ingredient. There are two types of these ingredients that are used in termite baits: stomach poisons and insect growth regulators. The two stomach poisons currently used in baits are sulfluramid and hydramethylnon. Insect growth regulator is stuff that act like the natural hormones that control development. They prevent termites from forming normal cuticle during the growth process known that is usually referred to as molting. Noviflumuron , hexaflumuron, and diflubenzuron are the growth regulators used in some baits.

It is fact that the termite baits do not entice termites. However , termites should reach to the bait station as they tunnel through the soil in search of food. But studies have revealed that subterranean termites dig some sort of a network of branching tunnels which let them to completely search a place. Termites start feeding once they find a bait station.