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What is the Hex-Pro System?
The only Termite Protection your house will ever need...
The Hex-Pro Termite Colony Elimination System and Sure Thing Pest Control establishes
a new standard for protecting property from subterranean termites.
It's an innovative baiting system that acts like a security
system, providing continuous defense. After eliminating attacking
colonies, the Hex-Pro System and Sure Thing Pest Control guards structures by monitoring
for future invasions. As a long-term solution that's easy on
the environment, the Hex-Pro System is the only subterranean
termite protection your house will ever need.
The Active Ingredient, Hexaflumuron
Subterranean termites are social insects, so all individuals
within the colony depend on one another for survival. The Hex-Pro
System targets a colony by using a unique active ingredient,
hexaflumuron, in Shatter™ termite bait that is spread throughout
the colony's foraging population before termites can notice
its effects on their nestmates. The Hex-Pro System delivers
the active ingredient by taking advantage of the foraging and
feeding behavior of subterranean termite workers that are responsible
for sustaining the colony. Hexaflumuron affects termites by
stopping the molting process required by termites to grow. As
the worker termites die off the termite colony declines to the
point where it can no longer sustain itself, ultimately leading
to its collapse and elimination.
How does it work?
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First your home will be inspected for signs of termites.
Then, Hex-Pro stations will be placed in the soil
around your home.
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The stations will be checked regularly for termite
activity.
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When termites are found in a station, they will be
transferred to a Baitube device containing Shatter™
termite bait. The Baitube will then be placed in
that station.
Shatter™ termite bait
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The captured termites will feed on Shatter™ termite bait,
tunnel out and send other colony nestmates back to feed
on the bait. This is called trophallaxis - the exchange
of chemical messages, as well as nutrients, between colony
members. It allows termites to spread hexaflumuron - the
active ingredient in Shatter™ - throughout the colony.
As nestmates feed on the bait, the colony starts to decline
and is eliminated.
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After a colony has been eliminated, the bait will be replaced
with new monitoring devices. Your Sure Thing Pest Control operator will
continue to inspect these regularly to discover any new
colonies that might invade your property.
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