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MUVE

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10-min: MUVE, Urban Pest Control: Termites

A silver anniversary for Termidor®: 25 years of unparalleled termite protection

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For 25 years, the use of Termidor® brand termiticide containing the active ingredient fipronil has commercially protected thousands of homes, businesses and various structures from the ravages of subterranean termite termite attack in the US and around the world.  As a non-repellent chemistry with high soil binding affinity, it affords unprecedented and sustained control of subterranean termites for many years.  Owing its success to its unique physical-chemistry and patented formulations by BASF, Termidor® is the brand name that pest management professionals trust. Numerous studies on Termidor® and its active ingredient fipronil demonstrate it effectively, economically, and sustainably protects urban structures from subterranean termites, and a range of other invading pests.  The mode of action fipronil is sufficiently slow enough to afford transfer (from grooming behaviors) to nestmates from foraging termites, but fast enough to maximize structural protection. The utility of Termidor® is such that it can protect trees that may be attacked by invasive species like Coptotermes formosanus, but flexible enough to eliminate numerous invading pests around structures too. Integration of Termidor® with other technologies like termite baiting, termite foams, dry-formulations and novel monitoring systems will afford the promise of true Integrated Termite Management (ITM) with a tool-box perspective that has been desired for many years. Various aspects of control, innovative delivery systems, novel formulations and future developments will be discussed.