Central and southern New Jersey’s wet spring has created perfect conditions for a termite explosion in Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex counties. To thrive, termites require moist soil in which to build their massive underground nests and damp, rotting wood on which to feed. Heavy spring rains combined with the moist ocean air that blankets central New Jersey’s mid-coastal region have created the ideal high humidity conditions that attract Eastern Subterranean Termites and allow them to flourish.
These voracious wood-eating pests will attack one in five central and southern New Jersey homes this year. Living in colonies that can number from tens of thousands to millions, termites can chomp their way through 1 lineal foot of 2×4 structural timber every 120 days. If untreated, termites can cause significant damage to your Monmouth, Ocean or Middlesex County home that can lead to structural collapse.
Termites spend their entire lives underground. Wingless and sightless, these tiny insects have soft, white, oval bodies 1/8 to 1/4 inch long, or about the size of a rice grain. Communicating via pheromones, termites are highly social insects that live in huge underground colonies. Work is divided by a strict caste system into workers, reproductives and soldiers. Central New Jersey homeowners may not realize their home is infested with termites unless they observe winged reproductives puddling on their lawn or happen to break through into an active termite site during a home remodeling project.
A termite infestation requires serious professional pest control by a Monmouth County pest control firm with special expertise in termite extermination. Two methods of termite extermination — bait systems and exterior liquid barriers – are used in New Jersey. To perform effectively, both termite extermination methods require exacting professional application techniques, specialized tools and termiticides available only to New Jersey pest control professionals. If you suspect you have a termite problem, call an experienced central New Jersey pest control expert today.