Trelona bait stations you can buy or rent - checked quarterly, documented in your app.
Optional renewable warranty (1-, 5-, or 10-year terms) available. No call centers - a local, licensed team that picks up the phone.
Waves Pest Control protects Southwest Florida homes against subterranean termites with an in-ground bait-station program — installed around your foundation, checked every quarter, and documented in your app after every visit. And unlike most providers, we put the industry’s quiet fine print on the table up front: you can buy your stations or rent them, and we quote both.
We install Trelona ATBS annual bait stations in the soil around the perimeter of your home. Trelona’s active ingredient, novaluron, is a chitin synthesis inhibitor delivered in an always-active bait matrix — stations are working from the day they go in, not waiting for a monitoring hit to be “activated.” Foraging termites find a station, feed, and carry bait back to the colony; subterranean termite colonies are typically eliminated 3–6 months after they begin feeding on in-ground bait stations.
Station count is set by your home’s actual perimeter — a courtyard villa and a large estate home need different coverage, so no two programs are identical. Every quarterly visit checks each accessible station and lands in your service report: station condition, activity found, bait consumption, cartridge replacements.
There’s no winter dormancy for termites in Southwest Florida, which also means there’s no wrong season to start — cooler months are actually ideal timing for a preventive installation, ahead of the spring swarm season (April–June) when most homeowners first discover a problem.
Most of the industry only offers one of these. We offer both, priced side by side on the same estimate:
Buy the stations. One installation charge, and the hardware is yours permanently. Your ongoing rate covers the quarterly service — the inspections, the bait, the documentation. If you ever end the program, the stations stay in your yard. Lowest long-run cost.
Rent the stations. Nothing up front — we install the full program at no charge and recover the hardware through the recurring rate, which runs higher than an owned program’s. We retain ownership of the stations, and if you end the program, we remove them. It’s not a payment plan — the rental rate continues for as long as the program runs. What it buys you is protection in the ground today with zero capital outlay.
Same stations, same bait, same quarterly checks either way. The difference is money timing and ownership — and you can switch structures later; we’ll re-quote it, no penalty. For the full reasoning, read our guide: should you buy or rent your termite bait stations?
Pricing scales with your home’s linear footage, so we don’t publish flat rates — build your estimate online to price the program for your actual home in about a minute, and ask us for the other ownership structure; we quote both side by side on the same estimate.
Termite coverage in Florida works on a renewable warranty, and ours is no different: warranty coverage is an optional renewable bond, offered in 1-, 5-, or 10-year terms, that you can add under either ownership structure, priced separately from the installation. Keeping the bond current through its term is what keeps the warranty in force, and your signed termite agreement spells out the covered structures and coverage terms. We explain the mechanics in plain English in our termite bond guide.
One thing we’ll never claim: “permanent” termite protection. No honest program offers protection that outlives an active, renewed warranty.
Florida’s building code requires new homes to be protected against subterranean termites at construction, and that builder-provided coverage is time-limited — it often expires just a few years after closing. If the renewal letter just landed, know this: the incumbent’s renewal is one option, not the only one. Any licensed operator can protect the home going forward, under either ownership structure — including the little-to-nothing-up-front shape those builder programs made familiar.
Start with a free termite inspection to establish your home’s current condition, then compare a real quote against the renewal letter.
Straight talk: in-ground bait stations target subterranean termites — the soil-dwelling species that dominates inland Southwest Florida. Drywood termites, more common on the coastal barrier islands, live entirely inside the wood and never touch a soil station. Drywood activity needs a different treatment path, and severe infestations may need tent fumigation, which Waves doesn’t perform — we’ll identify what you actually have and point you to the right solution, even when it isn’t us.
Not sure which you’re dealing with? That’s exactly what the inspection answers — and our guide to drywood vs. subterranean termites covers the tell-tale signs.
Ready to see your numbers? Build your estimate online or call ☎️ (941) 297-5749 — we’ll price both structures for your exact home.
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Fair question. In Southwest Florida, by the time you spot a roach in the kitchen or ghost ants on the counter, there's usually a colony somewhere you can't see. Our humidity, rainy season, and slab-on-grade homes keep pests active all 12 months.
What a quarterly visit does:
If you're pest-free right now, that's the easiest time to start. We're maintaining, not chasing.
Because Florida has no off-season. Warm, wet weather keeps ants, roaches, and spiders active year-round, and exterior treatments wear down in the sun and rain. Recurring visits renew that protection, catch new entry points, and adjust to what's active each season — ghost ants in the rainy months, rodents moving indoors in the cooler ones. The first service knocks the population down. Recurring visits keep it down.
For your first pest control visit, yes. We walk the property with you, look at problem spots, and treat inside. After that, most pest visits are exterior, so you don't need to be home; if a visit includes interior work, we'll set a time with you. Lawn service happens outdoors, so you don't need to be home for any lawn visit. Either way, you get a digital service report with photos when we're done.
You can handle a lot yourself: seal gaps, fix leaks, pull mulch back from the foundation. A pro earns the fee in the parts that are easy to get wrong. That means identifying the exact species (ghost ants and fire ants need opposite approaches), choosing products that won't scatter a colony, and getting into attics and soffits. On a recurring plan, we also come back free if pests return. Store-bought repellent sprays often push ants and roaches deeper into the walls instead of ending the problem.
Usually one of three: Indian meal moths (small moths, plus webbing in grain or cereal), rice weevils (tiny beetles with a snout, in rice and pasta), or flour beetles (small reddish-brown beetles in flour and baking mixes). Throw out infested food, vacuum the shelves, and move dry goods into sealed containers. If they keep coming back after a thorough clean-out, call us and we'll track down the source.
The first visit covers both: we treat what's active indoors and set up protection outside. After that, recurring visits focus on the exterior — the perimeter, eaves, and entry points — because that's where most Florida pests come from. If you need an inside treatment between visits, we'll come back for that too, free on a recurring plan.
That's normal for the first week or two. The treatment disturbs hidden nests and flushes pests into the open before it takes full effect, so you may see more before you see fewer. If activity hasn't dropped after about two weeks, call us. On a recurring plan, the re-treat is free.
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