Termite Takeover: Understanding and Preventing Invasions in Your Home

TERMITE TAKEOVER PREVENTING INVASIONS IN VOUR HOME UNDERSTANDING AND TALLYING TERMITES' HARM TO HOMES U.S. b00,000 HOMES AFFECTED PER YEAR 5 GRAMS AMOUNT OF WOOD CONSUMED BY THE monDAY TUESDAY AVERAGE COLONY PER DAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAV They don't take a day off either! 1/16 INCH SIZE CRACK TERMITES CAN FIT THROUGH 300,000 AVERAGE SIZE OF COLONY 2 YEARS ***** AVERAGE LIFESPAN OF A TERMITE COLONY KINGS AND QUEENS CAN LIVE UP TO 30 YEARS-TWICE AS LONG AS MOST DOGS AND CATS! PEST PREUENTION CHECK PROPERTY ANNUALLY Identify and track damages Look for mud tunnels - Check for piles of termite residue • Hire termite treatment professional uvny 1-2 yuarS ELIMINATE EXCESS WATER, LEAKS E MOISTURE • Indoors •Outdoors • Foundation & Attic • Crawl spaces INSTALL BUG SCREENS Attic vents Foundation vents •Windows • Doors USE TERMITE-RESISTANT BUILDING MATERIALS Redwood · Cedar Juniper INSPECT WOOD DURING BUILDING OR BUVING •Saal cracks and scars • Fill crevices and joints • Paint complete surface DOn'T KEEP WOOD NEAR YOUR HOME Lumber Dead trees WELCOME • Firewood - Live shrubbery WEATHER SEAL HOME Siding · Window frames Bottom wall edges · Patios Fence posts KEEP UP WITH YARD MAINTENANCE • Trim back plant grown 3-4 ft - Keep branches dear of walls Sources: www.IM s.Vuausialiseus www.ag.arizora.edu/pubsfnsectalaz 1232/prevention www.ehow.comhow 4032 prevent-termites-naturally htmi www.doityourselt com/stry/keeptermitesoutf www.termite.com/termites/kormosan-subjerraneen-termite.html wwwz.bast.us/corporatehews_20OBinews_raloase 2008 D0134.shtmi www.fzi.uni-freburg delinsectPestKov-long%20version/termit2 htm INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY: www.CENTERTERMITEANDPEST.COM