Allison Pest Control

Category: Termites

  • How to Exterminate NJ Termites – Part 2

    Exterminating termites is not a do-it-yourself job. It takes professional knowledge of termite biology and behavior, specialized equipment and insecticides, and considerable experience to eliminate these wood-devouring pests. As noted in our previous post, the Eastern subterranean termites that infest 1 in 5 Monmouth and Ocean County homes live in inaccessible underground nests which complicates…

  • How to Exterminate NJ Termites – Part 1

    Termite extermination is a job for experienced professionals for three main reasons: 1. The Eastern subterranean termites that chew on the foundation timbers of Monmouth and Ocean County homes live in massive nests deep underground. The termites that exterminators find munching on the support beams of your New Jersey home are workers foraging for food…

  • Exterminating NJ Termites Is Not a Do-It-Yourself Project

    Termite extermination is not a do-it-yourself project. Successful extermination requires that all members of the termite colony, including the queen hidden deep in the nest, be killed. To achieve successful termite extermination, termite exterminators NJ use specialized tools and termiticides available only to professionals. Specialized training and precise placement of baits or barriers is necessary…

  • Termites vs. Carpenter Ants: What’s Destroying Your House

    Both termites and carpenter ants are wood destroying pests that can cause expensive damage to Monmouth County, NJ homes. Both insect species live in huge social colonies governed by caste systems that dictate each individual’s role in the colony. And both termites and carpenter ants expand their colonies by swarming. However, these two insect species…

  • Termite Robots Build Houses Instead of Tearing Them Down!

    In New Jersey, termites pose a formidable threat to Monmouth County home owners. Attacking one out of every five New Jersey homes, Eastern subterranean termites cause millions of dollars of structural damage every year. Living in huge, complex underground colonies, these industrious wood-eating insects can eventually cause structural collapse if infestations go undetected. While known…

  • Swarmers Signal Pest Problem

    While gardening or mowing your Monmouth County, NJ lawn, have you ever stumbled across a “puddle” of what seem to be hundreds of winged ants milling around on the ground? If so, you have come across a group of swarmers, a sure signal that a massive termite or carpenter ant colony is located nearby and…