I just had my house "tented" for termites?

Question

ANY TERMITE EXPERTS OUT THERE? But, the spiders are still alive as well as my Roly Poly bugs. How can termiting a house not kill everything especially termites that are hidden inside the wood? And not kill all those other little rascals? |s the public being ripped off by another scram? Since there is no way for us to really know if those little critters are dead.

Answer 1

Hi! I found your question interesting, so I Googled it. No, tenting for termites does not kill all other pests. Many different sites explained why, but the short of it is that the dosage of pesticide they use is adjusted depending upon your targeted pest. So the dosage for termites may not kill spiders and insects, but should kill the termites. From personal experience, spiders are pretty hard to kill. I had REALLY big guys, sprayed them three times and they were still coming. Anyway, many sites also said that while other pests in your home are not guaranteed to be eliminated, that many of them do guarantee that the termites will be killed. Anyway, just because you tented it doesn't stop the random spider from entering your home afterwards. So, I wouldn't worry about the other critters, but you may want to make sure your termites were indeed handled. Good luck!

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I just had my house "tented" for termites?

ANY TERMITE EXPERTS OUT THERE? But, the spiders are still alive as well as my Roly Poly bugs. How can termiting a house not kill everything especially termites that are hidden inside the wood? And not kill all those other little rascals? |s the public being ripped off by another scram? Since...

Answer 5

You should first ask this question of your service provider. The dose of toxic gas normally applied does tend to kill every living thing it reaches. Since it is needed to enter the tiny pores in the wood and reach the termites, it is reasonable to expect that pests active on the surface would also be killed. You must remember that the gas has no real residual effect (if it did, you'd still be out), so these highly mobile pests can return as soon as you can. Chances are you are not being ripped off but give the technicians a chance to explain before you get too concerned.

Answer 6

Im assuming you live down south, where drywood termites are found, basically you got your house fumigated for drywood termites. it should kill other insects. but not guaranteed, since the treatment was meant only for termites. your best bet is to go to lowes pick up a jug of spectrcide, ( make sure the active ingredient is bifrithrin) witch is a synthetic pyrethroid that will kill many house insects, go home and spray it around your baseboards, doors and windows and the foundation walls.

Answer 7

I would think it would kill all bugs, including the spiders and Roly Poly Bugs, but i'm not an exterminator...hopefully there is a guarantee of some sort that came with the tenting to assure that the termites are indeed dead...

Answer 8

after the home has been aired out, there is no toxin in it, so insects can immediately start showing up from the outside...with both spiders and the"roly-polys" there will be a population outside next to the home in the possible thousands, so some can quickly find their way in