AAA ENVIRO Pest Management
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facilitate, identify, and achieve the highest quality and most affordable pest management programs possible that promote the health, education, and environmental sustainability of the communities that we serve."
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WOOD DESTROYING INSECTS
What’s eating your house or business? We can treat any building for termites, carpenter bees, and other wood-destroying insects whether it is your home, your getaway, or your business.
Just as each person is different so is each wood destroying insect AND how they should be treated. To properly diagnose what insect is pestering you, we will need to come to your location and investigate. Our visit will include a thorough inspection, an accurate diagnosis, and a recommended treatment plan designed to provide you long-term protection at the greatest value. This initial inspection is of NO CHARGE to you.
Call 888.556.7888 or email Sales@AAAEnviroPestControl.com to schedule your FREE consultation today!
Carpenter Bee
Only the female carpenter bee does the nest building. The female carpenter bee will work hard to drill out a nickel sized hole that is perfectly dug. She will dig a couple of inches into wood, and then move at a right angle following the grain of wood.
Male carpenter bees put on a “tough guy” act as they buzz around and try to intimidate anyone that is near them. Male carpenter bees are not able to sting. Female carpenter bees are able to sting, but only do so if they are provoked.
Often times the carpenter bee is mistaken for a bumble bee. They are similar in size, but their coloring is nearly opposite. A carpenter bee can grow up to an inch long.
Carpenter bees hibernate all winter long. During the springtime, male carpenter bees will be out foraging for food while the females work to ready the nest for her new brood of eggs.
A short while after male carpenter bees mate, they die. It won’t take long for the females to die after they lay their eggs and seal up the larvae into the tunnels that they dug out.
You may notice Carpenter Bees on your porch and deck areas. Some people reportedly discharge these bees as a nuisance resorting to tennis rackets to try to scare away the bee. However, where there is one Carpenter Bee there is a colony and swatting them away will not change the fact that they are destroying the wood on your home or building.
Carpenter Bees are fairly easy to treat and can be treated in one of two ways:
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Drilling into the wood and using bulb dusters to inject an insecticide and then seal the hole
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On untreated wood, a product can be painted on that will not only serve as a contact killer but will also protect the wood itself.
Powder Post Beetle
These beetles are smaller than the lead on your pencil and will bore out of wood leaving tiny piles of sawdust. Typically, powder post beetles initiate from new construction where infected lumber is unknowingly used. The gestation period of these beetles can be up to 5 years so realistically you may not know you have powder post beetles for over four years after it was constructed. In one case, we were called to a location where there were tiny holes all over the wood flooring throughout the home. The home had been built 4 years prior only to know have the Powder Post Beetles actually reach a mature stage. In this case, all of the flooring and subfloor had to be removed with resulting rafters and posts treated with a product that has a life guarantee.
Powder Post Beetles can cause a large amount of damage. The ideal Powder Post situation for a homeowner, if you are going to have a concern overall, is to have these pests on outside decking or porches. Bare wood can be treated with a long-term product that will serve as a contact killer and seal the wood against further damage. If the wood is painted, it needs to be sanded, treated, and then repainted or replaced altogether. There are some cases where Powder Post Beetles have devastated entire structures and the buildings had to be demolished, though this is rare.
AAA Enviro-Pest Management will come and inspect your building or home for FREE! Call 1.888.556.7888 for more information.
Subterranean Termites
Subterranean termite colonies may contain hundreds of thousands of individuals, foraging in many different directions. Due to the fact that subterranean termites need moisture to survive, outside, they are most often found in trees, some plants, firewood, mulch and scrap lumber. In structures, subterranean termites can be found entering structures around plumbing penetrations, cement joints, cracks, and other areas that give them access to the structure. Any wood that is in direct contact with the soil is also a prime target for subterranean termites. However, they have been found in aerial spaces where moisture is readily available, as well.
The presence of winged termites or shedded wings inside a home are telltale signs of a termite infestation. Winged termites are highly attracted to sources of light and are most active in springtime. Subterranean termites usually build large colonies underground that are composed of elaborate tunnels and chambers through which they access above-ground food sources. When subterranean termites eat wood, they fill it with soil to help maintain the humidity. If mud tunnels are visible on the walls or foundation of your home, it is highly likely that you are experiencing a subterranean termite infestation.
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Termites typically concentrate on moist soil areas in or around the home to gain entrance into the home via soil.
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Once tunneled into the home through soil, they target anything from loose paper products to the wood structure of the home itself.
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Mud tunnels typically are noticeable on interior wall areas as these are the travel routes termites use to travel until they find wood. These tunnels are necessary as the "worker termite" has a very soft unprotected body, and the tunnel serves as protection for the workers body.
Once termites are into the wood, the wood itself needs treated, as well as all surrounding soil area at the perimeter of the home.Since the termites are actually beneath the soil that is where they need to be treated. This is achieved by drilling around the home perimeter every foot, and approximately 10 inches deep. Then, a termiticide must be injected into the soil where the termites travel and are most likely to come into contact with the product. Since termites typically leave the home every 30 hours or so they will quickly come into contact with the termiticide and their life cycle will end.
The best part about this treatment method is that it will stay in the top 1 foot of the soil so there is not unintended seepage into other areas.
There is a fee for a formal Termite Inspection Report. We provide these inspections for home buyers, home sellers, building owners, brokerage companies, and more. Call 888.556.7888 to schedule your Termite Inspection today!!
This fee is waived if our company then treats the infestation.
Recently we performed a termite inspection for a recent home buyer. The seller had told the new owner that there were no termites present in the home, and even had a termite inspection report clearing the property. Immediately upon move in, our client discovered patches of the porch literally falling off in chunks, only to discover massive termite colonies underneath. We provided her with a FREE termite inspection report and also testified on her behalf when she won her law suit in order to have the porch properly treated.
When selecting a pest control company, be sure to make sure that your inspector is certified for termites.
