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The ETB Monitor Station™ is placed or buried at 3 to 5m intervals around your property to identify and treat those subterranean termites with the potential to damage timber structures.

Once inside, the ETB Monitor Station™ offers a secure home where termites can protect themselves from their predators and the outside environment.

Using the User Manual, the ETB Monitor Station™ starts to protect your home on installation and continues to work year after year with minimal service.

Back in 2004, Lois Elizabeth Swoboda, in a published study, showed that it was possible to direct subterranean termites foraging behavior. Swoboda, created a “spot” of cooler temperature (5 degrees Celsius) and showed that subterranean termites will leave an area of optimum temperature and travel to a cooler area seeking a potential food source. She also pleaded with the Termite Treatment Industry to investigate and improve monitoring devices. We took her advice and began our journey to invent the perfect termite monitor.

Note: Due to the risk of damage to every home by termites, it is recommended that regular (annual or more often in high-risk properties) Termite Property Inspections to Australian Standard AS3660.2 be performed by a qualified and experienced Pest Technician, and recommendations from the associated report commissioned. Proactive self-inspection is not a substitute for an experienced eye but is a useful addition.

ETB Monitor Station™ Design

1. ETB Monitor Station™ is White! The termites in a colony looking for new food sources are looking for cooler spots. Any dark-coloured monitor stations are ineffective while the sun is up. Companies make them dark so they blend into surrounds, however problem is termites can’t find them either! The ETB Monitor Station™ Lid is also designed to hold layer of soil to further aid in insulation.
2. The ETB Monitor Station™ offers a secure feeding location where termites can protect themselves from their predators and the outside environment.
3. Atmosphere (relative humidity) is almost as important as being cool for termites, and the ETB Monitor Station™ provides the ideal conditions.
4. Termites can be found during inspection with minimum disturbance.
5. No more abandonment from common ant attack as termites enter sealed unit via eating their way in via timber/polystyrene plug.
6. Specifically designed for the subterranean termites that have a preference for dry timber (those that eat our homes), via lid timber.Lid Timber maintains ideal conditions for longer as away from moisture (up to a year).

7. Lower maintenance time and cost. The ETB Monitor Station™ are inspected at 3-month intervals until termites are detected, and due to favourable conditions termites will remain in vicinity of monitor even after timber has been consumed.
8. Baiting is simpler and more accurate via making up exact 100g portion in sterile pod with exactly 200ml water and then transfer to ETB Monitor Station™.
9. The ETB Monitor Station™ is sent to you completely assembled, ready to install.
10. The average size home block is adequately covered with 24 ETB Monitor Station™.
11. ETB Monitor Station™ can be installed in any garden area where at least 20 cm of soil exists.
12. Core Drilling of concrete is discouraged. Termites do track under cement slabs but do not spend time foraging for food. There is no scientific reason to core drill slabs or remove sections of pavers unless all more appropriate areas have been covered.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS ETB MONITOR STATION™

1. The ETB Monitor Station™ is sent to you completely assembled, ready to install.
2. ETB Monitor Station™ are either (a) buried with the top of the lid just below surface (especially in turf when need to mow over top or need to install under paver), or (b) we would recommend installing with lid above surface which keeps lid timber in best condition and makes inspection easier. ETB Monitor Station™ are placed at intervals between 3 and 5 meters AND are concentrated in areas where termites are most likely to be found foraging (in heavy wooded and damp areas).
3. ETB Monitor Station™ are inspected at 3-month intervals until termites are detected. Once detected, baiting with Easy Termite Bait (with water added) is added.

 INSTALLING ETB MONITOR STATION™

Items needed: small hand shovel/trowel, bucket of water, pen and paper for map and inspection log.

STEP 1: PREPARE

1. ETB Monitor Station™ should be placed minimum of 100 cm from the structure to avoid potential exposure to pre-existing insecticide treatments and not under eaves or where sheltered from rain. ETB Monitor Station™ should be placed no closer than 3 meters apart. 
2. ETB Monitor Station™ can be installed in any garden area where at least 20 cm of soil exists, with preference for gardens that are heavily wooded, shaded, mulched or moist. In other words, anywhere that a large concentration of tree roots exists. Grass areas are not the ideal environment, although, if necessary, the ETB Monitor Station™ can be installed a little below ground level to allow grass mowing.

Clay soils: If installing in clay soils a slightly deepened hole will allow for water drainage and then extra depth is ideally filled with coarse gravel or similar.

Moist Cool Spots: Traditional preference for placing evenly spaced in straight line around the perimeter of your home has no scientific basis. It is much better to place in random Moist Cool Spots. Termites do track under cement slabs but do not spend time foraging for food. There is no scientific reason to core drill slabs or remove sections of pavers unless all more appropriate areas have been covered.

STEP 2: INSTALL either a) or b), (or combination)

1. a) ETB Monitor Station™ Install when need to mow over the top or need to install under paver. Dig hole 20cm deep by 10cm wide. ETB Monitor Station™ is placed in the hole and then soil is added or removed until desired depth is achieved. Back fill hole and firm soil well around ETB Monitor Station™. It is important that Easy Termite Bait Monitor is firmly in ground. Pour approximately 2L of water over whole unit as this will help with the securing of unit. b) OUR PREFERENCE FOR INSTALL OF ETB Monitor Station™. Dig hole 15cm deep by 10cm wide. The ETB Monitor Station™ is placed in the hole and then back fill hole and firm soil well around ETB Monitor Station™. It is important that ETB Monitor Station™ is firmly in ground. Pour approximately 2L of water over whole unit as this will help with the securing of unit.
2. Record on house plan for future reference.
3. Repeat for each additional ETB Monitor Station™ until installation is complete.

INSPECTING ETB MONITOR STATION™

Inspection of ETB Monitor Station™ occur every 3 months (more frequently is not necessary). The first inspection can be 2 weeks after installation but then revert to 3 monthly inspections as overly disturbing will deter termites from getting established within the ETB Monitor Station™.

1. Holding Base firmly, remove lid, avoiding movement of base as much as possible. Always carry Easy Termite Bait Pod and 200ml clean/ unchlorinated water to allow immediate baiting if required. Simply lift lid and observe either termites or termite mud (or nothing). When active termites are found, baiting with Easy Termite Bait plus water should commence (see Easy Termite Bait User Manual).
2. NOTE: if lid timber is moist or shows signs of deterioration or has any mold growth (and every 12 months), then replace. Remove screw and prise with screwdriver and replace with new timber.
3. If no active termites or mudding, the inspection lid is returned.
4. Every 12 months (or after termite attack and colony elimination) the base timber and lid timber is replaced with new timbers and ETB Monitor Station™ moved at least 30cm to a new location.

BAITING ETB MONITOR STATION™ (see EASY TERMITE BAIT USER MANUAL)

Termite Feeding can take up to 12 months and 12 sachets of Easy Termite Bait, with average of 4 months and 8 sachets of Easy Termite Bait (depends on species, age of colony and distance of colony nest from Extender Pod). 

MAINTENANCE AFTER BAITING ETB MONITOR STATION™

Using ETB Monitor Station™ User Manual, replace both Timbers at the conclusion of colony elimination and return to new location.

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