1. Liquid Termite Treatments

Liquid treatments are one of the most widely used methods for termite control. These treatments involve applying a liquid termiticide to the soil around your home’s foundation. This creates a barrier that keeps termites out and kills those already inside. Because liquid treatments act quickly, they offer long-lasting protection.

• Best for: Homes with an existing termite infestation or those in high-risk areas. It works particularly well for subterranean termites.
• Pros: Immediate results, long-term protection, and prevention of future infestations.
• Cons: Requires professional application and can be disruptive during installation.

2. Baiting Systems

Termite baiting systems work by luring termites away from your home. These systems use stations with a slow-acting poison, which termites carry back to their colony. Over time, this method eliminates the entire colony.

• Best for: Homes requiring long-term termite control and monitoring, especially in cases where liquid treatments aren’t feasible.
• Pros: Less intrusive, eco-friendly, and highly effective in targeting colonies directly.
• Cons: Takes more time to see results compared to liquid treatments, and regular monitoring is necessary.

3. Heat Treatments

Heat treatments involve raising the temperature of an infested area to a level that kills termites. This chemical-free method is effective for localized infestations, such as those in furniture or specific parts of the home.

• Best for: Small, confined infestations, such as a single room or piece of furniture.
• Pros: Immediate results, chemical-free, and works on termites as well as other pests.
• Cons: Limited to smaller infestations, higher costs, and requires specialized equipment.

4. Fumigation

Fumigation is the most extreme method, used for severe and widespread infestations. This treatment involves tenting the entire home and filling it with gas that penetrates every area, ensuring that termites are completely eradicated. While highly effective, fumigation is more disruptive and costly.

• Best for: Homes with severe infestations, especially in hard-to-reach areas like attics or foundations.
• Pros: Complete elimination of termites, effective for large infestations.
• Cons: Requires vacating the home for several days, higher costs, and offers no residual protection for the future.

How to Choose the Right Treatment

To select the best treatment, it’s crucial to assess both the size of the infestation and the structure of your home. For immediate action, liquid treatments may be ideal. If you’re looking for a long-term solution, baiting systems provide consistent control. In cases of severe infestations, fumigation is your best bet for total eradication.

At Southern Pest Control, we specialize in providing customized types of termite treatments. Whether your home needs liquid treatments, baiting systems, or heat treatments, our team can help you find the best solution. Contact us today for a professional termite inspection and protect your home from future damage!

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What to know
It is swarmer season and swarmers are termites in the middle of mating and reproduction looking for a new place to call home. It’s not really these that cause the damage (yet) but is definitely a sign that you have a problem on your hands. They have come from their colony underground or from within your home now that it’s warmer outside. Termites are very invasive and once they find a food source, they’ll eat all that and then move on to the next food source.

What to do
Monitor areas in your home that are usually damp and also keep your gutters free of leaves. Remove mulch and any wood from around the perimeter. If you suspect termites, don’t delay and call to address the issue. It is critical that you correct it right away or you could have significant problem in you home.

What to look out for
• Crumbling drywall or a several wings on your windowsill
• Mud tubes used to travel to food sources or sawdust like droppings in a pile
• If your wood feels soft or hollow when tapped
• Darkening or blistering of wood structures
• Cracked or bubbling paint

To learn more about Termite Service, click here

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Southern and Sovereign Pest Control are offering a gift for your friends. In addition, you will receive a very generous referral reward. Your friend is gifted $30 off a one year Pest Control Service Plan and *free Termite Warranty. Once your friend purchases a Termite & Pest Control Service Plan, you will receive $100 referral reward. It’s a win-win.

Referral rewards are unlimited.

How Does It Work

• Contact a SPC Representative 1-800-627-0577 or visit our online referral form
• Provide your and your friend’s contact information
• We will contact your friend, discuss service plan options and set appointment
• Referring friend contacts us, provide referral info, discuss service plan options and set appointment
• After appointment is posted, services performed and payment for service plan received, referral reward check is mailed or reward amount may be applied towards outstanding balance

In addition to Southern and Sovereign Pest Control customers, here are a few types of businesses that love to refer Southern & Sovereign Pest Control

• Home Inspectors
• Real Estate Agents
• Veterinarians
• Loan Officers
• Contractors/Home Repairmen

The $100 Referral Reward is available for a limited time. After June 30, 2016, the Referral Reward will revert back to $50. For more information on the referral programs please visit: Southern Pest Control Referral Program or Sovereign Pest Control Referral Program

To be eligible, customer must reside within areas serviced. Service areas include residents in the surrounding areas of Fredericksburg, Manassas, Newport News, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Columbia, Silver Spring, Atlanta, Austin, College Park, Dallas, Houston, Nashville and San Antonio.

*Restrictions Apply – Must not have active termites. Valid in State of Georgia only if termite treatment performed.

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• Termites love to eat wet, moldy wood.
• Termites build their nests in the ground and in walls.
• Termites have six legs (three pair on each side of the thorax).
• Termites have three body parts (head, thorax, and abdomen).
• Termites have two antennae (feelers on the top of their head).
• A termite queen may lay millions of eggs during her life (between 15 and 25 years).
• Termites can be found in almost every state as well as Mexico and parts of Canada.
• Termites are among the oldest insects have been on the earth for over 200 million years.
• Termites have hard, saw-toothed jaws that help them to eat lumber, wallpaper, plastics and fabric made of plant fibers.
• Worker termites are small, creamy white insects. They are the most numerous and the cause of all termite damage.
• Termites construct mud tubes that are used to explore for food and connect their underground nest to that food source.
• Termites can find their way into a structure through an opening as small as 1/32 of an inch (the size of a pin head).
• Both workers and soldiers are almost completely blind because they spend their whole life in the dark.
• Soldiers are in charge for the protection of the mound. In the case of danger, soldiers kick the wall of the colony (which produces vibration) to alert other termites.

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Termites create new colonies from existing nests. The winged, sexually mature adults, called alates, fly off to create their own colonies during the spring. The presence of multiple winged termites inside your house and around window sills is a good indication there’s a termite nest nearby.

Since invading termites thrive on moisture during warmer temperatures, homeowners need to protect their homes.

Here’s a few homeowner tips:

• Don’t let moisture accumulate near the foundation
• Reduce humidity in crawl spaces
• Check for points of entry
• Check for the presence of mud tubes (also called shelter tubes) along the foundation, near pipes, in the attic, within crawlspace, or around other access points to your home. Wood that is in contact with dirt is a good entry point (eliminate wood contact with the ground). Cracks in the foundation or concrete porch allow termites to enter into the crawlspace. Flower planters that make contact with the side of the home are also entry points. The outside heating unit keeps the surrounding ground warm all year and allows termites to grow rapidly throughout the year as well as being a good entry point.
• Food sources – use mulch sparingly, firewood, tree stumps, wooden posts sunk into the ground, wood decks or porches, trees & shrubbery
• Moisture – downspouts, water spigots, leaky water lines, air-conditioner drip lines, along sewer lines, any standing water, missing, broken or clogged gutters or roof tiles.
• If you find swarmers, mud tubes or just want peace of mind, call a professional exterminator.

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“I have referred at least 50 clients to Southern Pest Control. Their customer service is excellent and I highly recommend their company,” says Randy Tappen with Wainwright Real Estate.

“Our company was founded, and continues to thrive, on customers’ word-of-mouth referrals. We feel it is extremely important to reward our loyal customers that endorse and inform their friends and family about our services,” comments Ashley Carroll Vice President of Marketing for Southern and Sovereign Pest Control.

In addition to calling, and in an attempt to make the promotion as easy and convenient as possible, referrals may be submitted through an intuitive online portal. Many referral programs have limitations and restrictions, like a minimum number of referrals. Southern and Sovereign’s Referral Programs allow for unlimited referrals.

The $100 Referral Reward is available for a limited time. After June 30, 2015, the Referral Reward will revert back to $50. For more information on the Referral Programs please visit: www.southernpestcontrol.com/promotions-coupons/referral-program/ or www.sovereignpestcontrol.com/current-specials/referral-programs/

To be eligible, customer must reside within areas serviced. Service areas include residents in the surrounding areas of Fredericksburg, Manassas, Newport News, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Columbia, Silver Spring, Atlanta, Austin, College Park, Dallas, Houston, Nashville and San Antonio. Please visit www.southernpestcontrol.com/locations-maps/ or www.sovereignpestcontrol.com/location-maps/ for a list of complete service area details.

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What to know
It is swarmer season and swarmers are termites in the middle of mating and reproduction looking for a new place to call home. It’s not really these that cause the damage (yet) but is definitely a sign that you have a problem on your hands. They have come from their colony underground or from within your home now that it’s warmer outside. Termites are very invasive and once they find a food source, they’ll eat all that and then move on to the next food source.

What to do
Monitor areas in your home that are usually damp and also keep your gutters free of leaves. Remove mulch and any wood from around the perimeter. If you suspect termites, don’t delay and call to address the issue. It is critical that you correct it right away or you could have significant problem in you home.

What to look out for
• Crumbling drywall or a several wings on your windowsill
• Mud tubes used to travel to food sources or sawdust like droppings in a pile
• If your wood feels soft or hollow when tapped
• Darkening or blistering of wood structures
• Cracked or bubbling paint

To learn more about Termite Service, click here

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• The first day of spring is called the vernal equinox, which basically means that it is one of only two days each year when the sun passes directly over the equator. Supposedly on the vernal equinox, there are exactly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness. However, scientists say this phenomenon usually occurs a few days ahead of the vernal equinox.

• The spring (vernal) equinox in the Northern Hemisphere is the autumnal (fall) equinox in the Southern Hemisphere (September 23rd) and vice versa. ‘Vernal’ is Latin for spring while ‘equinox’ is Latin for ‘equal night’.

• Easter is the chief holiday during the spring season. It is celebrated on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the start of spring, generally between March 22 and April 25.

• Each year the president conducts an Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn. This is the 137th year since the tradition was started by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878. Each president has maintained the roll and this year, The First Lady’s “Let’s Move” initiative is incorporated within the festivities.

• “Spring Fever”, according to medical experts, is more than just a mood. In fact, a person‘s body makeup often changes during spring because of variations in diet, physical activity, hormone production and temperature.

• Supposedly you can stand an egg on end during the vernal equinox, however it is said if you are patient enough you could stand an egg on end almost any day of the year.

If you haven’t already prepared your home for the upcoming pest reproduction season, wait no further. Call us today to learn about our many Termite and Pest Services available. Also, don’t forget about our “Refer a Friend” and “Refer a Client” programs.

Have a wonderful spring season and like most of you, we too are ready to put this past winter behind us. Bring on the sun!

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No one knows exactly how long termite queens live, but many are known to live at least ten years and records of some long lived mounds suggest longevity of over 40 years. Formosan queens can produce up to 1,000 eggs a day. The largest Formosan termite colony found in America had infested a public library in Algiers, La. It weighed 600 pounds and contained 70 million termites. But who’s counting?

Termites burrow into wood to obtain food. Given enough time, termites will feed until nothing is left of the wood but a shell. Collective with other termite species, they cause as much as $5 billion in damage each year. Formosan termites alone cause over $1 billion in damage every year.

Suspect a problem or want to ensure you are prepared if one develops? There is no better time to protect one of your most valued assets. Call us today to learn more about our Termite Service plan.

Facts from NPMA’s Pestworld.org

This article from the Home & Garden section of the San Antonio Express-News expands on what to look for and in general a very good read if you want to learn more about these wood destroying pests.

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In addition, we are delighted that Virgil Hicks has joined SPC in the position of Operations Manager. Virgil brings over 13 years of experience in the pest control industry and is certified in Tennessee and in Kentucky.  He thrives on establishing and nurturing new relationships each day and solving customers’ pest control needs. He is a military veteran and in his downtime he enjoys traveling with his family, attending church and creating digital art.

It will be our pleasure to serve you at our new location with the same quality and service you have come to expect of us. We hope to see you soon. Don’t forget, if you have friends or family in the Nashville area, be sure to take advantage of our Refer-A-Friend program and earn $50 (details located on our website http://www.sovereignpestcontrol.com/referral-programs/).

Thank you, as always, for your continued support. We attribute our success to people like you.

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