Hello, I have purchased ENZ-A-BAC and Lemon Air for my drains. Ok, let me tell you my story. I moved to this house 3 years ago. I put down sticky traps to see what pest we had. The upstairs had no issues, but the basement had springtails. The basement is partially finished, the walls are drywalled but the ceiling is not and has insulation installed. I called an exterminator and he sprayed for a year and couldn’t get them under control. So I called different exterminator. He laughed and said he could get rid of them. Well one year later he couldn’t get them under control. So I called Orkin they said they could get rid of them after 3 months. I got mad and said what can we do? Well he wants to pull all my insulation and spray with Bithor charging me extra for it. Do you have any suggestions? They have bombarded the exterior of my house with pesticides. I feel they are inside somewhere.
So first, you most certainly right. They are no doubt living inside you home. And if you visit our Springtail article and read through it, you’ll see we often mention that where you see them is where they’re living. True, they come from outside originally but once on home siding, they’ll find plenty of spots to live/nest if its vinyl, aluminum, wood, stucco or anything other than brick. Once there, they’ll move to windows and doors and then will start to appear inside or make it to hidden space where they’ll nest. Springtails are natures most important recyclers and as such, can thrive on most food source.
In your situation, it’s clear they’re nesting somewhere in the basement hidden away and so most likely behind the finished walls and probably the ceiling too. You could opt to remove the covering and spray it with Bithor but that would not be nearly as effective compared to dusting with our Xempt Dust. This is covered in our article here:
Dusting for Springtails: https://bugspray.com/article/springtail#HOW_TO_TREAT_AIR_VENTS_ELECTRIC_OUTLETS_WALLS_AND_CEILINGS
Now to be clear, we have seen many insulations made with recycled cellulose and this material can be food for springtails. For that reason if you can find them in the insulation? Dusting it can allow you to save it opposed to using a liquid spray which would be very messy if you tried spraying “up”. For this reason the dust injected to all routes of entry (air vents, light fixtures, under electric outlet covers, etc.) can keep them out and is way less costly.
Now whether you get a service company to do this work or you do it yourself, the solution you need is very clear and if you get these key areas treated? You should be able to stop seeing any inside living spaces.
Lastly, our Pest Exempt Injectors could prove super handy here. They’re designed to let you pump in aerosol or dust treatments behind walls and ceilings. To install them is pretty easy. Just drill a 3/8″ hole in the sheet rock and then hammer them in. They come with an attached “cap” so you can seal off the port after spraying.
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