How Sentricon® System With Always Active™ Works

Have you heard of termite swarmers? When a nest reaches a large enough population, it begins to produce male and female winged alates to create new nests. These winged termites (also called swarmers) come up from the ground and take to the air. But they don't stay in the air. They will mate, shed their wings, and return to the ground. The makers of Sentricon® understand this. That is why Sentricon® bait stations are placed in the ground.

Once a nest is established in the ground, worker termites are created. Sentricon® is counting on this. Worker termites are how the scientifically engineered bait is delivered to the colony those workers come from. But, there is more to it than creating a bait that termites will bring back to their nest. Termite colonies have defensive traits that must be considered. If a bait works too quickly, the threat will be detected by the colony. Sentricon® is slow-acting and able to work its way to the queen. When the queen dies, the colony dies with her.

What if the workers don't find the Sentricon® bait. The folks at Sentricon® know-how worker termites behave. They know that these destructive insects do not stop searching for food once a food source is found. While some feed and transport food back to the colony, other workers will continue to search. This ensures that they will find the bait.

What if workers don't like the bait? The bait in Sentricon® has been scientifically proven to be more attractive to termites than wood. That is saying a lot since wood is the primary food source of subterranean termites. When workers stumble onto the bait in Sentricon® they gobble it up. This is because of the Always Active™ ingredient (a Dow AgroSciences-developed IGR hexaflumuron). Try saying that ten times fast. Fortunately, you don't have to know what that is or how it works to know that it does work. It has proven itself over and over again in a real-world application. It is also the only termite control product that has received the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award.

So, as you can see, the Sentricon® System is designed to address subterranean termites in a way that overcomes their natural defenses and takes advantage of their natural behaviors. But, what is most amazing is that it works silently--just like those termites. When termite workers silently come up from the ground to feed on the wood of your home, Sentricon® is there to immediately destroy them. When termite swarmers fly onto your property to create new nests, Sentricon® is there to silently stop termites in their tracks.

Two decades ago, Sentricon® was the new kid on the block. But, after being successfully deployed to stop these destructive insects in some of the most sensitive environments, and later trusted to protect some of our nation's most valuable landmarks, like the Statue of Liberty, the Capitol Building, the Smithsonian Museums, and the White House, it has proven that it has what it takes to get the job done.

If you'd like to learn more, or to have the Sentricon® System with its Always Active™ technology installed on your property, reach out to Action Pest Control. We are proud to be an Authorized Operator of Sentricon®.