Termite Exterminator in MA | Termites Pest Control in MA
Waltham Pest Control provides a comprehensive termite treatment program for home owners throughout Greater Boston Massachusetts. If you have a termite infestation or if you are unsure as to whether you have a termite problem in your home, call Waltham Pest Control today and we will inspect your home for termites.
Just the word “TERMITES” is enough to make homeowners shudder. Termites are hungry little beasts that can eat your home from the inside out. Waltham Pest Control is a Termite infestation’s worst enemy!
Since insurance usually does not cover you for damage caused by termites, your best insurance is an annual Inspection by Waltham Pest Control! We can make sure that any termite infestation you may have gets caught before it causes damage that is much more costly than an inspection.
Many people mistake termites for ants. Here are three ways you have to determine whether you are looking at a swarm of ants or a swarm of termites.
- Ants have antennae that are bent at right angles, while termites have antennae that are straight.
- Ants have four wings – two are larger and two are smaller. Termites have four wings that are the same size.
- Ants have skinny bodies while termites are chubby, after all, they have been feasting on your house!
If you have enough insects crawling around your house that it has gotten your attention, don’t waste time trying to figure out what they are. Call Waltham Pest Control immediately at 781-893-2146. It can be one of the most cost effective calls you will ever make.
About Termites
Termites are insects that feed on wood, often times becoming inhabitants of homes. There are two types of termites commonly encountered: the worker and the swarmer. The workers will feed on wood, and then return to the colony to feed the other workers, reproductives and soldiers. The swarmers are a dispersal flight of winged termites used to start new colonies. The average colony consists of 50,000 – 250,000 termites, and is located in the ground. Termites can enter structures through cracks as small as 1/16 inch. Once they enter your home it will take a professional to remove them.
Termite Identification
Worker termites are creamy colored, 3-4 mm long and typically seen when wood is infested or broken open. They have straight, beaded antennae, a broad waistline, and two pairs of wings which are the same size.
Termite Swarmers are the reproductive cast of the termite colony. They are approximately 3-4 mm long and dark brown or black in color. They may or may not have wings depending on how old they are since the swarmers lose their wings shortly after emergence. There are 3 different types of castes of termites: The reproductives are about 3/8 inch long. Their wings are brownish-grey with a few hairs. Their body is dark brown or black. The soldiers are wingless with white bodies, a yellowish-brown head and large dark mandibles (jaws). The workers look similar to the soldiers, but without mandibles.
Termite Treatment and Extermination
The best treatments today use an odorless, non-repellant, low toxicity liquid that termites can’t detect. It’s applied to the soil, next to your exterior foundation, all the way around your house. With this type of treatment, the termites don’t have to find and then eat and the bait, they just have to pass through it in the soil and they will die a few days later. Since the termite workers can’t detect this new liquid treatment, they keep tunneling through it. Once they get it on their bodies they end up carrying the treatment back to the main colony. It then spreads from termite to termite by contact and quickly eliminates the entire termite colony. If inside treatment is needed, it is applied to the inside area where termite activity is noted, or another highly susceptible areas like a finished basement wall next to an area found to have termite activity.
If your home does indeed have a termite problem, we will outline the extent of the termite damage that has occurred and a treatment plan to exterminate the termites from your home.
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