Isopthor
You've got termites and you want them gone. Here's how Isopthor does it.
Isopthor gets to work in-ground...
To the right is a house under attack by subterranean termites. Termites have been attacking this house from some time. This is a job for Isopthor.
The first step of using Isopthor is to install In-ground Stations around the building at points near where termites are likely to be foraging in the ground for food. The Stations contain non-toxic food preferred by termites. This food is called Interceptors.
The Stations are inspected at regular intervals for evidence that termites have found some of the Stations and are feeding on the Interceptors.
...and above-ground quickly.
Here we see an installed Above-ground Station under termite attack. Above-ground Stations are not always installed however in certain circumstances they can be very useful. Above-ground Stations can speed up the process of colony elimination.
Above-ground Stations are used only when a point of termite attack in the building can be located. Bait is placed in the Station when it is installed. After the termite colony is eliminated. Above-ground stations are removed.
Termites have been intercepted...
Foraging termites have found one of the In-ground Stations and are feeding on the interceptors. Notice how the termites have built tunnels in the earth that now reach the Station. This is their pathway back to the colony.
The Isopthor Station is designed to both speed the process of termites finding the Station and to increase the percentage of installed Stations at which termites are intercepted.
This is made possible because of the arrangement of the Interceptors in the Station and the high preference termites have for the wood used to form the Interceptors.
...so it's time to put Isopthor to work.
To the right we see the Station after it has been filled with Isopthor Termite Bait. The Interceptors have been omitted in this view but are actually still in place.
The termites were feeding on the Interceptors but have now switched to feeding on the Isopthor Termite Bait.
The termites made this switch because they prefer to eat Isopthor Termite Bait even more than they prefer to consume the Intereceptors. This is because Isopthor Termite Bait is designed ti be highly preferred by termites.
Termites can't resist Isopthor which leads to the colony's quick demise.
Here we see both Stations have been located by termites. The Stations have been replenished with Isopthor Termite Bait several times.
Isopthor has severely affected the termite colony. The best evidence of this is the small number of termites left feeding. These few remaining termites have been severely affected and are in no shape to cause much more damage to the building.
Soon these few termites will be gone as Isopthor succeeds in completely eliminating the colony and stopping further damage to the building.
Above-ground stations are then removed...but In-ground stations stay at work.
In the left and right views above, the termites have been eliminated from the building and the earth beneath it. The Above-ground Station has been removed and will not be replaced. The In-ground Stations in which termites were previously feeding will now be prepared to intercept any new colonies that may occupy the area that was once occupied by the now eliminated termite colony.
