Sentricon® Always Active — the bait system that takes out the queen, not just the workers.

Every termite control product made before Sentricon® either killed termites on contact or drove them somewhere else. Sentricon® was the first to do something different: weaponize the colony’s own social biology against itself.

The active ingredient is noviflumuron — a benzoylurea insect growth regulator. Worker termites locate the bait in the in-ground station, consume the cellulose matrix, and bring it back to the colony. Through trophallaxis (mouth-to-mouth food sharing, central to termite social structure), the noviflumuron spreads to every member of the colony within days.

Noviflumuron does not kill termites by poisoning them. It prevents them from molting. Termite exoskeletons must be shed regularly to allow growth — and worker termites that cannot molt die of dehydration and starvation within the rigid old cuticle. Once the worker class collapses, the queen and soldiers have no one to feed them, and the entire colony follows within weeks. Independent UF/IFAS studies have documented full colony elimination — including the queen — within two to six months of confirmed feeding.

Sentricon® is the only termite product with peer-reviewed evidence of colony elimination, not just colony suppression.

Original Sentricon (1995) used a wood monitor in the station — termites had to find the wood first, then the technician swapped the wood for a noviflumuron cartridge on the next visit. The protocol worked, but it built in a several-month delay before active bait was deployed.

Sentricon® Always Active (2010) eliminated that delay. Every station ships with the noviflumuron cartridge already inside, treated and ready. Termites that find the station get baited on contact — no manual swap, no months-of-lag between detection and treatment. That is the version we install.

If you’re shopping competitive quotes and the contractor still uses the older monitoring-first version, ask why. It’s typically a cost optimization on their side, not yours.

The yearly monitoring fee ($280–$350 in Pompano Beach) is one of the most misunderstood line items in pest control. It is not a fee for the privilege of keeping a product you already paid for. It is the warranty itself — and three things it covers:

• Quarterly station checks. Every station opened, inspected for feeding activity, photographed, and logged. Termite activity is the leading indicator of bait uptake and colony status.
• Cartridge renewal. The noviflumuron in the matrix degrades over time. We replace cartridges when feeding is confirmed, and refresh at the manufacturer’s scheduled interval regardless.
• Lifetime retreatment guarantee. If termites return to the structure while monitoring is active, we retreat at no charge. Lifetime, transferable, Corteva-backed.

Stop paying the fee, and within 12–18 months the cartridges degrade, monitoring stops, and the warranty voids. We will not pressure you to renew — but we will be plain that an unmonitored Sentricon® perimeter is no different from no perimeter at all.