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Detecting Termites in Trees: 0:38
Treating Termites in Trees: 1:43

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Termites can cause costly damage to the wooden structures of homes, but it’s important to also check for termites in your trees. Enough damage can weaken tree limbs, resulting in heavier branches falling during storms, potentially causing more property damage or injuring someone. Termite activity can also kill trees entirely, making your property more vulnerable to other pests.

Termite activity isn’t always obvious, but you can take these easy steps to look for signs of activity:

Look for frass, or termite droppings, around the tree's base. Frass looks like sawdust but has a more granular appearance. Frass is a clear indication of a termite infestation.

Termites are drawn to moist locations, especially around wood. Some termite species, like Formosan termites, create mud tubes leading from the soil to the tree trunk, branches, or adjacent sites. These tubes provide a safe way for termites to travel from place to place.

With a shovel, lightly dig around the base of your tree. Some termite species, like eastern subterranean termites, create nests in soft, moist soil. You can look for the termites themselves or small, white egg clusters.

Look for spots where the bark has fallen off and knock on tree trunks. Termites feed on cellulose, so you may find tunnels around the tree, or hear a hollow sound when knocking.

Finally, observe the branches for a lack of leaf growth. Many termite species will destroy trees from the roots, resulting in a loss of water and nutrients for the tree to consume.

Termite control in trees starts with pruning. Termites normally infest dead or decaying wood, but may travel to living trees that have moisture. If termites have infested branches, prune them away. This not only removes some of the termites, but it prevents them from spreading to other nearby trees.

Next, you’ll need to treat your trees with a product like Supreme I/T. Supreme I/T is a broad-spectrum insecticide and termiticide made with 7.9% bifenthrin. This product not only kills termites that make contact with the spray or its residual, but it also repels them from treated areas, preventing future infestations.

Supreme I/T’s product label includes directions for controlling different termite species in different situations. For general termite control, we recommend you spray the outer surfaces of trees and the surrounding soil and conduct injection treatments.

To spray trees with Supreme I/T, use a handheld pump sprayer to create a 0.06% emulsion by mixing 1 fluid ounce of product with enough water to create 1 gallon of finished solution.

Spray 3 feet up the trunk of the tree from the ground, then spray in about a 3-foot radius around the base of the tree. This will kill any termites on treated areas and prevent reproductive termites, or alates, from landing on the tree to reinfest.

To conduct an injection treatment, prepare a solution of Supreme I/T at the same emulsion rate of 0.06%. Using the appropriate equipment, drill into the tree to reach the termite colony and galleries, and inject the solution into the cavity. This treats all surfaces and tunnels the termites use to travel throughout the tree and eliminates the entire colony.

Once you’ve completed this treatment, monitor for further activity with Red Eye Termite Monitoring Stations. When set up properly, observe when the station’s red eye disappears. This is your alert that termites are active. Once termite activity has been confirmed, you can inject a product like FiPro Foaming Aerosol into the station to treat infesting termites. FiPro Foaming Aerosol contains 0.005% fipronil, and will expand to treat the cavity, killing termites before they can spread.


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