Effective Termite Baiting in Perth

Monitoring stations are gadgets used to detect the presence of termites. These unobtrusive termite bait stations are placed around your property to detect termites.

The Monitoring Station's purpose is only to indicate when termites are present.

Once termites have been detected in a monitoring station, it is converted into a baiting station.

See baiting station page for more information.

Termite baits are placed into the station for termites to feed on and take back into the nest. The baits are highly cellulose and are a preferred food source to wood for termites, in most cases.

The baits are highly cellulose and are a preferred food source to wood for termites in most cases.

The baits contain the chemical Hexaflumuron. Hexaflumuron is a Chitin inhibitor. Chitin is what the outer shell of termites is made of. 

The Hexaflumuron inhibits the termites from producing chitin, which means when the time comes for the termite to moult (which occur many times in the life time of a termite) it is unable to and it dies.

Hexaflumuron is transferred to other termites through a process call Trophallaxis. Trophallaxis is the transferring of chemical messages and nutrients between the termites. 

This is how the baiting stations are able to eliminate a termite colony or nest. The time it takes to eliminate a nest or colony depends on the colony size.

Termite Traps can be installed at your property, which will allow you to monitor for termite activity around your property. The termite traps are placed around the house to help detect termites. They are full of highly attractive food sources.

Once termites have started to feed on the cardboard they will block off the light coming from the window at the top with mud.

By allowing you to monitor the stations, you save on inspection costs and then once it has become active, you contact Stewarts and we will attend the property for a small fee and apply Termidor Dust to the activity in the hope of eliminating to the termite nest.

It is still important to have an up to date Subterranean Termite Barrier around the building. This is because termites forage randomly, the termite traps don't actually kill the termites until the Termidor Dust is introduced.

If there is no termite barrier, then there is nothing to prevent termites from entering the building.