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Termite Control Services in Central California

California living is pretty awesome. We’ve got it all, from the sun and the surf to the mountains and the valleys. Unfortunately, having it all means having termites, too. California’s temperate climate is a haven for these small scourges, and this can spell trouble quickly, even if you’ve never had a termite problem before.

There are no good pest infestations to deal with at your home or business, but termites are undoubtedly one of the worst pest problems you can have. Termites eat into any wood they can find, costing you hundreds or even thousands of dollars. If your termite problem goes undetected, damage costs can skyrocket even higher as these invasive insects begin causing serious foundational issues.

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Termites are not an issue you want to attempt a DIY solution for, so if you notice or even suspect that you have a termite infestation on your hands, it’s time to call professional termite exterminators — and fast. Book termite extermination services with Earthwise Pest Management and sleep soundly once again.

Earthwise Pest Management is proud to be the trusted team for termite control in Sacramento and Stockton, CA, as well as the surrounding areas. Find out more about our dependable and effective termite control services below!

Why Termites Are Tough Pests

Termites are particularly difficult to manage even though they can be exterminated fairly easily. The problem is their numbers (some colonies number in the millions) and their resilience. 

When pest removal involves just a few pests or even a few scores of them, it’s fairly easy to get their numbers down and the population is pretty easy to control. When a colony of pests, like termites in general and drywood termites in particular, with numbers in the hundreds of thousands or even millions, it’s incredibly difficult to get every last one of them.

Also, if you miss a few of them, you’re unfortunately just setting yourself up for another colony to start building. Eradicating every last pest is extremely difficult to do with termites, and because of that, they can start to rebuild rather easily. You’ll get another colony, another infestation, and the cycle just continues.

Termites are also quite difficult to control because of their resilience. Yes, they are tiny, soft-bodied, usually wingless creatures, but this makes it extremely easy for them to slip into microscopic nooks and crannies that may be completely invisible to the human eye. Because they bore into wood instead of living outside of it, it is difficult to get to them and kill them.

When they do have wings, they are obviously more difficult to manage. Fortunately, termites only have wings for a short period of their lives when swarming. Once they have flown to their new location, they tear off their wings and never fly again. This is also why you can sometimes tell a termite infestation by finding a pile of their wings scattered (they look like little fish scales) in approximately the same area. 

And finally: they come back. If an area is not treated properly with termite deterrents, wiping out one infestation just makes room for another one.

Temporary DIY Solutions

Some natural solutions exist that can help prevent a termite infestation from spreading. Here are some steps you can take while waiting on professionals:

Nematodes
Nematodes are parasitic worms that are harmless to humans but love to munch on termites. You can purchase them online or in specialty stores. Once you release them into the area where you know or suspect a termite infestation is occurring, they will get right to work. They are extremely efficient at getting rid of termites if you introduce enough of them to the colony. They will even reproduce there and continue to make more termite-eradicating nematodes.

Vinegar
You can mix half a cup of vinegar with the juice of two lemons to make an effective termite killer. Put it in a spray bottle, spray the area where you have seen or suspect termite activity and the highly acidic substance will kill them on contact. Of course, you’ll have to spray regularly to get the termites you didn’t kill on the previous application. Since this substance is quite acidic, if you’re spraying any fabric or other sensitive materials, do a quick test in an inconspicuous place to make sure there’s no bleaching or staining.

Borates
Termites can also be killed with sodium borate, commonly known as borax powder. You can sprinkle it around the affected area or mix it with water and spray down any suspected termite-infested parts of your home. Similarly to the vinegar, you’ll want to test it on a hidden area to make sure it won’t stain or damage.

Orange Oil
Orange oil’s main component, d-limonene, causes the exoskeletons of termites to dissolve. You can spray orange oil directly onto termites and areas where you think they may be or as a preventative measure in case of a potential infestation.

Wet Cardboard
Termites love cellulose and moisture. If you wet a piece of cardboard and leave it out to attract them, you can pick up the cardboard after several termites have gathered there, then burn it to get rid of them. This process can take a long time, but it can be an effective stopgap measure while dealing with an infestation.

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At Earthwise Pest Management, we practice Integrated Pest Management (IPM). This is a long-lasting method of controlling and excluding pests from your property. The idea behind IPM is that you probably don’t want to be calling your exterminator every few weeks because the pest problem keeps popping back up. We don’t want you to, either. Our goal is to eliminate the termites that are there and treat the area so that it will be an incredibly hostile place for termites to try to infest again.

Our termite control and management methodology include, with every job we approach, a few key steps:

Detailed Inspection

We’re going to inspect your Sacremento property fully. Our years of experience and wealth of knowledge about pest removal means we know exactly what to look for, and most of the time, exactly where to look. We leave no stone unturned in completing a thorough inspection of your property to identify the problem and its sources.


Pest Identification

Is the damage from termites, or could it be ants, or even water or weather? We take great pains to ensure we identify any pest(s) involved in creating your property damage, so we know what we need to do to deal with them.

With termites, the treatment strategy is dependent on a number of factors: what types of termites are involved, how large the colony is, and how big the spread of the colony may be. Rest assured, you Sacramento termite inspectors know how to find the bugs and what to do with them once we’ve found them.


Treatment Procedure

We typically use a wide variety of treatment techniques to address the problem of termite infestation. We do everything we can to minimize the use of pesticides and toxic chemicals in our work while maximizing treatment options that are going to eliminate the problem.

Furthermore, we take steps to prevent you from having to call us again as part of the treatment. This may involve anything from removing woodpiles and standing water from your property to installing treatments that make the environment less appealing to the pests, should they decide to come around again.


Follow Up Maintenance & Management

We do always suggest routine follow-up. We don’t want you to have to call us because you have infestations cropping up again, and part of how we guarantee it won’t happen is by scheduling visits to come to inspect the property and ensure our treatment is working. We go through the same steps each time we visit to ensure the termite infestation is controlled, subsiding, and/or eradicated.


Schedule Professional Termite Treatment Services Now

With our IPM methodology of treating termite infestations and eliminating them from your property, Earthwise Pest Management offers the safest, most effective, and most natural means of controlling termites. Our termite control is steeped in years of experience and expertise in handling these pests. Rest assured, once you contact our Sacramento pest management company, you won’t look back. We provide a solution that will work for you the first time and continue working.

The longer you wait to call termite exterminators, the more damage termites can do, so it’s never a good idea to put off booking professional termite treatment services. Contact Earthwise ASAP for termite control services, and we’ll terminate those termites once and for all — or we’ll come back free of charge, guaranteed!