Don’t Let Termites Destroy Your Home
Termites cause billions of dollars in damage across the US every year, and most homeowner’s insurance doesn’t cover it. In Southern Utah, subterranean termites are the ones that damage homes, silently eating away at your home’s structure 24 hours a day.
Green Defense treats homes in St. George and across Southern Utah. We find where they’re coming up out of the soil, treat around your foundation to cut them off, and keep watch with yearly checks so new activity gets caught before it turns into structural damage.
Termite Treatment in St. George: How We Stop Subterranean Termites
Subterranean termites live in the soil and travel up into your home through cracks in the slab, gaps around plumbing and pencil-width mud tubes on the foundation. Termite treatment works by cutting off that route. For most St. George homes that means a soil treatment along the foundation, so workers coming up from the ground meet treated soil before they can reach the wood.
Your technician also treats the specific places where activity turns up, such as a run of mud tubes on a stem wall, a slab crack in the garage or the soil around a wood post. We explain where the treatment goes and why before we start, so you know exactly what was done to your home.
Termite Species in Southern Utah
Subterranean Termites
The primary termite species in Utah. Colonies live in the soil and build mud tubes to reach wood in your home. Workers are pale, soft-bodied insects about 1/4 inch long. Swarm season is mid-April through June.
Swarmers or Flying Ants?
Termites have straight antennae, a thick waist and two pairs of equal-length wings. Flying ants have elbowed antennae, a pinched waist and front wings longer than the back pair. If you’re not sure what you’re looking at, save a sample and we’ll identify it.
Want a full look at your home before you decide on treatment? Our page on termite inspections in Southern Utah explains what we check and what happens next.
Found mud tubes or a pile of wings by the window? Same-week service is often available.
Signs of Termite Activity
- Mud tubes on foundation walls, pipes, or in crawl spaces
- Winged swarmers near windows or lights (especially in spring)
- Hollow-sounding wood when tapped
- Discarded wings near windowsills or doors
- Bubbling or peeling paint that looks like water damage
- Doors or windows that suddenly stick, or baseboards that feel soft
Our Termite Control Process
A clear look first, treatment where it’s needed, then a yearly check to keep them from coming back unnoticed.
1. Thorough Inspection
We inspect your entire property: foundation, crawl spaces, attic, wood structures, and surrounding soil. We identify the species, extent of activity, and all entry points. You can read what that visit covers on our termite inspection in St. George page.
2. Targeted Treatment
Based on the species and severity, we apply the most effective treatment: soil treatments for subterranean termites around the foundation, plus the spots where we found activity.
3. Ongoing Monitoring
After treatment, we monitor for re-infestation and recommend annual inspections to catch any new activity early, before damage occurs.
Termite Control for Utah Homes: Why Water Matters
The desert slows termites down, but our yards don’t. Drip lines, sprinklers and AC condensate keep the soil along a foundation damp all summer, and damp soil is exactly what subterranean termites need to travel. Many infested St. George homes have a planter, a leaky irrigation head or a raised bed packed right up against the stucco.
That is why good termite control in Utah is part treatment and part habit. In older neighborhoods with mature trees and lawns, and in new subdivisions where form boards and wood scraps were buried during construction, the risk runs higher still. Keeping soil and mulch below the stucco line, aiming water away from the house and fixing leaks near the foundation takes away the conditions termites look for, and makes the treatment around your home last.
Why Hire a Termite Exterminator Instead of DIY?
A store-bought spray only reaches the insects you can see, and the colony is somewhere in the soil, often well away from the spot you sprayed. A professional termite exterminator treats the soil they travel through, finds the entry points you can’t see, and knows how to work around slabs, plumbing and irrigation without missing a gap.
Waiting is the expensive choice. Termites feed around the clock, damage hides behind drywall and trim, and most homeowner’s policies won’t pay for repairs. If you’re seeing signs now, it’s worth having someone look before the next swarm season.
Lowering Your Termite Risk
- Keep soil, rock and mulch a few inches below the stucco and weep screed
- Point sprinklers and drip emitters away from the foundation
- Fix dripping hose bibs, AC condensate lines and irrigation leaks near the house
- Replace fence posts, deck posts and boards that sit directly in soil
- Keep firewood, lumber and cardboard off the ground and away from the walls
- Seal slab cracks and gaps where plumbing comes through the floor
Termite Control in St. George and Nearby Cities
Termite treatment is available through our Southern Utah office, serving:
See every city we cover on our Southern Utah page.
Termite Protection Plans and Your Next Step
Every home is different, so your technician recommends a plan after looking at yours, from a one-time treatment for an active colony to ongoing protection with a yearly check. Requesting a quote is free and there’s no obligation: tell us what you’re seeing and we’ll explain the next step.
Protect Your Home From Termites
Whether you’re in St. George, Washington, Hurricane or Ivins, we’ll find out whether termites are working on your home and stop them if they are. Get your free quote or call (385) 349-0945 today.
Other pests we treat
- Scorpion control
- Cockroach control
- Ant exterminator
- Spider pest control
- Rodent control
- Flea control
- General pest control
- Eco-friendly pest control
- Termite inspection
- Weed control
Serving Southern Utah