Termites

FMC Pest In Focus

In Focus: Featuring the best pest management photos.

This month’s Pest In Focus was taken by Jake of Ortex Pest Control during a recent termite treatment. This strategically built termite tube shows just how creative worker termites can be when searching for food sources above ground. @ortexpest termites are ninjas twitter.com/OrtexJake/stat… — Jake(@OrtexJake) May 8, 2013 Although we’re in the industry to control MORE

FMC Pest In Focus

In Focus: Featuring the best pest management photos.

This month’s Pest In Focus was taken by Murray Pest Control during a termite control job in Adelaide, South Australia. These termites were found in an office store room, making use of office supplies to construct a nest. Our Pest Consultant Mark took these shots in an Adelaide office storeroom. #Termites don’t just eat timber! MORE

Top Tweets from @FMCpest and @FMCbedbug

FMC Pest Wire Top Tweets

Termites, termites and more termites! Based on recent news and tweets from pest professionals, it might be a very busy season for termite pest control! We’ve seen a lot of pest control tweets over the past few weeks having to do with early termite activity, so we decided to compose a few of our own MORE

Facts About Termites

Now is the time to share facts about termites and treatment services with customers.

There are very positive signs that the U.S. housing market will continue to improve in 2013, and because a termite inspection/infestation report is normally a condition of sale, residential termite work will increase along with it. Keith Birkemeyer, owner of ProBest Pest Management in Gilbert, Arizona says that termite treatments comprise about 20 percent of MORE

Talstar Professional Review With Dave Passon of Advanced Termite & Pest Control

Talstar® Professional review: The flexibility of Talstar Professional insecticide can’t be beat!

Versatility means a lot to Dave Passon, owner of Advanced Termite & Pest Control in Crossville, Tennessee. Finding an insecticide product he can use that is effective for a variety of pests was key to his success in the pest management business. That product is Talstar® Professional insecticide. “I started using Talstar Professional right after MORE

Subterranean Termite Treatment

Tame termites in the Wild West with a subterranean termite treatment.

When I bought my pest management business in 2005, the company had done mostly termite treatments up until then. My goal was to continue that work and branch into general pest control work, as well. Due to the decline in the housing market, termite treatments tapered off, but the general household pest market really picked MORE