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It
all begins with fipronil. Fipronil is the active
ingredient in Termidor, and it works quite differently
from other termiticide active ingredients. It also
manages termite colonies in 3 months or less (that's
significantly faster than the best bait system).
Here's why.
Termites
don't know it's there
Many termiticides are repellents. This
means that they keep termites away from a treated area,
rather than killing them.
But
if there's a gap in the treatment - maybe someone digs
up a flowerbed and breaks the line of defense - the
repellent effect fails and the termites get
through. It happens frequently, and your only
recourse is to have your house re-treated.
Termidor
is non-repellent. Termites can't smell it, see it
or feel it. Since they don't know it's there, they
forage freely in a treated area. The '100%
effective' results begin here.
Kills
individual termites two ways
First, and like other leading liquid
termiticides, Termidor is lethal to termites when they
ingest it (since they don't know it's there, they ingest
it readily). Second, and unlike all other
termiticides, Termidor is lethal by contact. This
means that termites don't even have to ingest it to die
from its effects.
'Transfer
Effect' controls the whole colony
Termites are social insects who live in large,
underground colonies. They feed each other
primarily by passing food from mouth to mouth.
They groom each other. They contact each other as
they forage for food.
And
Termidor takes advantage of this social behavior.
As
well as eating Termidor, a termite will also unknowingly
pick it up and carry it back to the colony on its
body. Thus, every other termite it contacts, feeds
or grooms will itself become a carrier, contacting and
infecting others.
But
because the fipronil in Termidor is slow-acting and
allows the termite to continue its normal routing, it
remains active long enough to transfer the termiticide
to a large number of other termites in the colony before
dying itself.
This
combination of ingestion, contact, and 'transfer-effect'
(which is unique, and puts Termidor in a category by
itself) routinely provides 100% termite control.
No exceptions.
Can
be 2-6 times faster than a bait system
Termidor's unique 'transfer-effect' manages
termite colonies a lot faster than bait systems.
Typically, a Termidor treatment will provide 100%
control of termites in 3 months or less. Baits can
take from many months to several years to control the
colony.
And
remember: termite bait is not added to a
monitoring station until termite activity is actually
observed at that station (even when the bait active
ingredient is added it's often a slow-acting insect
growth regulator).
As
well as taking time, this also leaves the possibility of
termite damage to the structure being baited, even
through no termite activity is seen at the outlying
stations.
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the 'Transfer-Effect' works
Once
a termite has ingested or contacted Termidor
trated material with its body, it becomes a
'carrier'. Every other termite it contacts
will be infected...
...which
in turn infects every other termite it
contacts. but Termidor works slowly, letting
termites contact many others before dying
themselves.
And
although the Termidor effect on individual
termites is intentionally slow, the overall colony
management is fast: significantly faster
than bait systems.
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