i’ve been doing my treatments since last year and it looks like the outside spray and granules have worked. I don’t see any on my siding or deck. but now inside i have an issue. they were coming from the attic and wall outlet so I dusted. well that worked for like a week but now they’re coming from the window and baseboards. its like they’re looking for a new place to come out. i see you have this new tool i guess i need, the injector. should i use the bithor or maxxthor for inside?
To start, use BITHOR and stick with it for at least 4-6 weeks before considering MAXXTHOR. Bithor can do the job but it’s important to understand what’s happening.
As you mentioned, your outside treatments have eliminated them from coming up from the ground and onto the home. This is critical for long term control. You’ve essentially created a “buffer zone” that’s springtail free. You’ll never get rid of every springtail in the yard but you can create a 5-10 band around the home with little to none in the soil. This will prevent them from finding your home and ultimately allow you to live springtail free.
Well now you need to do this for the inside living areas!
So here’s what happened and why it’s important to understand the sequence of events.
At some point after the springtails moved under your home siding, some got to the ATTIC and wall voids and were coming out from things like ELECTRIC OUTLETS. These are basically the “points of entry” to your living space (when moving down from the attic) and in general, we recommend dusting to stop the invasion. The only exception to this will be WINDOWS and DOORS. Both of these locations can absorb the liquid treatments AND both are very important. In fact they are the main points of entry when a house has pests like springtails, clover mites, centipedes, booklice or psocids.
Now since you’ve dusted, you’ve essentially re-routed the springtails to these new areas (windows and doors) and if you don’t start treating there, you will get them coming out indefinitely.
But this will take time. So even after you start treatments, don’t expect them to stop immediately. Remember, these are the points of entry. After the initial 2-3 treatments, the springtails you’ll still be seeing are coming from much deeper living spaces. We call this the REPLACEMENT EFFECT.
contact killing bugspray vs residual and the Replacement Effect
Unfortunately it won’t be possible to reach them all that are living in the middle of the wall several feet from the doors and windows you’ll now be injecting. But if you keep treating multiple times a week as you see them come back, eventually you will hit the SATURATION COEFFICIENT. As this happens, you’ll be penetrating deeper and deeper into the void and in turn, getting a bigger and bigger buffer zone.
Ultimately this zone will be large enough to where you won’t be seeing them anymore. BUT THIS WILL TAKE TIME!
So to start, use the Bithor. And if you still have them coming out after 6 weeks, consider going with Maxxthor. Our tests show it will penetrate the most:
Ultimately, if you’re lucky, you’ll eradicate them deep enough so your buffer zone will keep them from coming out. The key to accomplish that goal is to keep retreating until you aren’t seeing them.
Here are some relative links to articles you should visit if you haven’t just yet:
HOW TO TREAT A WINDOW FOR SPRINGTAILS CLOVER MITES AND OTHER PESTS | BUGSPRAY
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