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During a winter inspection for a brand new Home Protection Plan customer in Tuckerton, NJ, we found something very concerning in the basement - termites! We found a large number of their mud tubes in several areas of the basement. Mud tubes are made by the worker termites and protect them, and the other termites, from the exterior elements when traveling from their colony to a food source. After showing the owner, he immediately agreed on a full termite treatment of his home.

To effectively target the subterranean termites, with the owners' permission, we drilled into the flooring of the basement and around the exterior of the home. We then injected a liquid termiticide into each one of the drill holes in the basement and around the exterior. This treatment binds to the treated areas and creates a protective zone that the termites can't detect. As the termites go about their business, they'll come in contact with the termiticide and bring it back to their colony. They will then transfer the treatment throughout their nest. In short amount of time, the termites will be exterminated.

Lastly, we installed several Sentricon® stations around the entire exterior of the home. When the termites come in contact with the Sentricon® bait system, they eat the cellulose material, unknowingly consuming an insect growth inhibitor. The termites then go on to share this "food" with their colony members. As the termites continuously share the growth inhibitor, it takes over and prevents the termites from being able to molt. If they cannot molt, then the colony is eliminated. Now the home is fully protected from termites for many years.

After noticing some bees hovering around the soffit area of her home, this customer in Tuckerton, NJ called Cowleys for help and we were sent out. Once we arrived and inspected the area, we identified these bees as carpenter bees. 

Carpenter bees look similar to bumblebees in appearance, but they lack yellow markings on their abdomens. Instead, carpenter bee abdomens are smooth and shiny, whereas bumblebees’ have hairy, yellow abdomens. The most common signs of a carpenter bee infestation are the round, smooth holes that carpenter bees bore into wood, the piles of sawdust (“frass”) near where they are digging, and the yellow excrement stains on the wood below their holes, which we found all over the area.

For treatment, we injected a residual dusting application into each one of the drill holes. This treatment will eliminate the carpenter bees as well as leave behind a residual that will exterminate any returning carpenter bees as well as any newly hatched carpenter bees in the galleries.