Termite Monitoring -v- Termite Baiting 

Monitoring and baiting systems for termites are usually made up of plastic housings placed in the ground around your property. Exterra was the main system installed Australia wide , the station contain samples of wood for monitoring. In the event that termites are active in the area, they will begin feeding on this wood.

In regular inspections, termite activity is detected, and a termite bait is added, which the termites feed on, ultimately killing them and the queen.

This type of systems were called Monitoring Systems ,This was confused as a full termite baiting systems. The system was designed to give the homeowner peace of mind once a monitoring system was installed they had something protecting their home from termites, however for this to work the pest control company had to maintain it.

Bait Servicing
The Termite Bait System must be serviced 4-12 weekly after installation to inspect the baits are being consumed by the termites if left any longer  then 4-12 weeks termites may have left the station, as termites will seek out another food source. Any stations that need fresh timber or bait added would be done during a site visit.  A site visit sheet would also be created and emailed to the property owner.

This old system was also wrongly called a baiting System, as was not a full baiting system, as bait was only added to the old system if and when termites eat the wood this was a 3 step process and this would only work if and when the inspections were maintained and if only the termites were still in the station. Then you had the ongoing inspections.

Now moving forward, welcome to the New Innovation Baiting Systems of – Sentricon ‘Always Active’ Termiticide Rods, One of our recommended innovation in termite protection.

Well now its a reality, and if you don’t have Sentricon ‘Always Active’ Rods installed or one of our recommended termite baiting programs in your current termite baiting/monitoring system, then you’re not making the most of your termite baiting system.

Conventional Style termite baiting systems do not provide protection, unless they are being serviced and monitored on a regular basis. Some conventional termite baits can be effective if correctly tended to by an experienced professional, but otherwise, they can simply provide a food source for termites to close to your property.

In any Termite Inspection we recommend removing all lose timbers away from your property so you need to ask yourself why? any termite control would recommend installing timbers close to your property.

The ‘Always Active’ Rods reduce the human error element, which causes more problems than the conventional baiting process on it’s own.

This quote courtesy of AEPMA, (Australian Environmental Pest Managers Association) says it all clearly in one short paragraph:

Newly registered, Sentricon™ AlwaysActive™ from Dow AgroSciences, delivers all the benefits of both a baiting system and a chemical barrier, with none of the drawbacks. Sentricon AlwaysActive controls termites from the day it’s installed and has actually been shown to eliminate multiple termite colonies before the Pest Manager has even detected them.

The Sentricon ‘Always Active’ Rods replace archaic timber attractant materials used to attract foraging termites into a bait station, for secondary feeding with the introduction of a poison by a Termite Professional once termites have been identified in a bait station. It’s a concept which seems to have been discounted until Sentricon’s recent innovation.

The ‘Always Active’ Rods have been found to be more palatable and attractive than timber, with the added bonus of containing Hexaflumuron to destroy feeding termite colonies without needing to add more materials.

So not only are termites more likely to be attracted to the stations containing the rods, but they can not stop themselves from automatically feeding on the very product that will kill them and the queen and nest.

The Sentricon® system is THE standalone solution for complete termite colony elimination.

Efficacy
Backed by more than 60 scientific and 30 independent research studies, Sentricon is one of the main termite control product proven time and again to eliminate entire colonies

The Sentricon Always Active Rods need no additional attractants to come out on top.

This is why: The Sentricon® system is scientifically designed to eliminate the entire subterranean termite colony — including its queen.

#The Always Active rods can kill termites colonies with less interaction from your termite professional.
#Always Active Rods find termites faster than most other conventional termite baiting materials.
#The Always Active Rods last up to 5 years in the ground unless depleted by termites.
#Always Active loaded termite baiting systems is an Active product, require less maintenance than any of the termite monitoring old style systems.
#The use of the Sentricon Always Active Rods, deletes the need for a professional to feed a poison to termites in order to eradicate them.

#Sentricon Always Active Rods can also be retrofitted into most old style termite monitoring systems if needed to.

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