Over-The-Counter Termite Baits - is there such a thing?
Dear Folks,
Found some of the relentless little white-wood-munchers behind a "track" heading up between a concrete stump and a lattice-panel underneath my brother's house over the back fence yesterday. We were in fact looking for them at the other end of the house where there is another track that we first saw a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately, we also located several tracks at different locations in between. The track that we found them in was the only one that we could chip away at enough to see if they were inside (and alas they were...), so theoretically they might well be inside some of the other tracks also. Anyway, the antcaps seem to be holding them down for now...
We had bought a 1L bottle of Pigeon's 500 (about $35 from a Produce Store, makes up about 50L, and probably as good a barrier-style treatment as a DIY'er can lay his hands on) on the naive assumption that we were just going to find them in the one place where we saw the first track. However, now that we've found several more tracks (and some "live" specimens), a series of baiting stations seems to be the better solution.
For the stations, we were just going to cut up some PVC pipe into lengths of about a foot, drill some holes through the side, and stick them in the ground around the house with some pine inside, and a plumbing-style cap on top to keep the light out.
Only thing is, once we find them munching on the pine inside, we will need some poisonous "baits" to replace the timber with in that particular tube. Does anyone know whether you can buy the baits over the counter from anyone in the Brisbane area (preferably northside)? I had a look at the Globe Australia website last night, but it only seemed to deal with the stations - not the baits...
Thanks Awfully,
Batpig.