Termite Control: Transfer Effect Versus Domino Effect

Why is Termidor Better than Premise?

Subterranean Termites swarm and fly every spring to reproduce and spread out according to noted Entomologist Gregg Henderson. Dr. Henderson PhD is a leading specialist in the area of Entomology and regularly contributes both to publications and talking engagements at market conferences as you can see from how regularly his name is on the schedule in the link to the 2014 National Conference on Urban Entomology. Entomology is the study of insects in general, but Dr. Henderson has ended up being an extremely quotable image in the industry particularly with Termite Control. He recently led a study on the Transfer Effect vs. the Domino Effect.

The "transfer effect" is the industry favorite and the reason for the research study. It is the result that comes from the use of the termiticide Termidor. The "domino effect" of a termiticide, called Premise, is an extremely comparable pesticide for killing termites. However, as Dr. Henderson and his colleagues noted, more pest control businesses choose Termidor over Premise despite it being a much older termiticide. The researchers needed to know why the market didn't change over to Premise. From previous studies, they knew that Termidor was more reliable. But they desired to comprehend why it was transferred by termites more frequently than Premise, leading to more deaths.

Both kinds of termiticide are liquid-based sprays that are meant to excite the termites' central nervous system and then cause the termite to die of over-excitation. It's kind of like providing the termites crack. They then spread the love around the nest and even more termites are affected by the toxin. Both are basically odorless and undetectable to the termite. So the termite gets the poisonous substance and spreads it to its pals back at the nest. Thus, the names "Transfer Effect" and "Domino Effect." Though both types of termiticide work with the very same physiological path, it had formerly been found out that Termidor did spread out around the nest more and kill a substantially larger part of the nest.

But why? Premise works too fast. According to the research study, within 9 hours of exposure, the initially affected termites stop moving around and start "resting." Their antennae will start to sag and they stop communicating, and they dig less. In short, they begin to look sick. Since they look ill, the rest of the nest stays away from them. As a result, the "domino effect" doesn't happen to very many in the colony.

Termidor, in contrast, showed more thrilled termite workers; they are moving more, digging more, and connecting normally. Simply put, these guys look like they're not just healthy workers, they're the "life of the party" workers. They appear to have the most energy. This makes it easy for them to basically make friends and win over other termites. Then, after spreading Termidor around the nest, the initially-infected termites go from hyper to dead. So yes, Termite Control is better than Premise. See the complete research article to review more: Transfer Effect vs. Domino Effect.

Dr. Henderson concludes the article with a closing idea. These termiticides work best when placed as near to the nest as possible; near the known termite traffic locations. Certified Termidor Technicians at Magic Pest Control can offer a cost-free termite evaluation and ensure that, if there are indicators of a termite nest, Termidor is being put appropriately.