Make sure to mark the location of the bait stations on your graph or use small surveyor s flags or some other method of determining the placements of the bait stations. Several months from now, they will be more difficult to find than you might think. Once installed, the bait stations should be monitored every 3 months. Monitoring more frequently than this, only serves to disturb the termites. This is a wooden insert treated with Disodium Octaborage Tetrahydrate.
Termites feed on the treated wood and carry it back to the colony.
Once feeding has ceased you should return the untreated wooden replacement monitors to the bait stations, then monitor as before. Each time you have finished checking your bait stations, you should also inspect your house for signs of termite activity. Peeling paint, mud tubes or rotting wood could be related to a termite problem. Since termites work from the ground up, make sure that door frames, siding,or and wood close to the ground is checked thoroughly and frequently. If you have any doubts about whether you have found active termites please call a licensed pest control company and have them inspect your home.