Termite RegistryEditorial standards
How this site works. I'm one person, writing under a pen name, and I'm not a licensed pest control operator. What I do is read the primary sources on termites — mostly university extension research, EPA guidance, state regulations, and pesticide labels — and write down what they say with the citations attached. I list my sources, I date every page and re-read it on the schedule below, I publish corrections rather than quietly editing, and I tell you exactly how I get paid. If any of that stops being true, this page is where you'll find out.
On review
Nothing on this site is reviewed by a licensed pest control operator or by an entomologist. Some sites in this category carry a "medically reviewed"-style badge. This one does not, because there is no reviewer, and a badge without a person behind it is worse than no badge.
I'm stating the absence rather than leaving you to notice it. If that changes — if I ever pay someone licensed to check the technical pages — it will be announced here, the reviewer will be named with their license number, the payment will be disclosed, and they will have authority to make me correct or pull anything. Until you read that paragraph, assume it hasn't happened.
Where facts come from
Anything I attribute to a named source — a regulator, a university, a study, a quotation — comes from tier 1 or tier 2 below, and I link it so you can check. Where I give you a typical cost or a rough timeline in my own words, that is my read of the market rather than a citation, and I don't dress it up as one.
| Tier | What counts | How it's used |
|---|---|---|
| 1 — Preferred | University cooperative extension services, EPA and the National Pesticide Information Center, state departments of agriculture and structural pest control boards, and the pesticide label itself. | Cited freely. At least one on every technical page. |
| 2 — Acceptable, attributed | Peer-reviewed entomology and building-science literature, HUD/VA/FHA program documentation, NPMA form documentation, state consumer-protection guidance, published disciplinary records. | Named in the body text, not just the footnote. |
| 3 — Labelled as what it is | Manufacturer technical bulletins, and product labels when the claim is about performance rather than legal use directions. Trade press. Contractor pricing surveys. | Always attributed in the sentence: "the manufacturer says…". Never written in my own voice. |
| 4 — Never cited as fact | Other content sites, pest control company blogs, AI output, forum posts, and aggregator "average cost" pages with no stated methodology. | May be quoted as evidence of what people believe or charge, framed as such. Never as evidence of what is true. |
Four rules go with that table.
- Link it, name it, date it. "According to UF/IFAS extension (2024)" rather than a bare superscript. The attribution is doing double duty: it's a citation, and it's the voice.
- Prefer the document to the summary. If an extension bulletin cites a study, I read and link the study.
- Never hang a number on somebody who didn't publish it. If a figure is attributed, the attribution is real and linked. If it isn't attributed, it's mine and you should weigh it as one person's estimate.
- When sources disagree, show both. Genuine disagreement between researchers and manufacturers is information, not a problem to smooth over.
What "last reviewed" means
Every article carries two real dates: when it was published, and when it was last reviewed. A reviewed date means I re-read the page, re-checked that every linked source still resolves and still says what I said it said, and updated anything that changed. If nothing changed, the date still moves. That's the point of it.
A date on this site is never touched to look fresh. Fake freshness stamps are a known manipulation, and using one would make every other date here worthless.
| Price and cost pages | Every 6 months. Prices move, and a stale cost page does real harm. |
| Regulation, licensing, WDI and real-estate pages | Annually, plus within 30 days of any rule change I become aware of. |
| Biology and identification pages | Annually. These change slowly. |
| Treatment and product pages | Annually, plus whenever a label or registration changes. |
Corrections
If something here is wrong, I want to know, and you can tell me directly. When I correct a factual error I add a dated note at the bottom of the page describing what was wrong and what changed. I don't silently edit and move on. If an error was significant enough to have misled someone about a safety or spending decision, the note goes at the top.
Everything corrected is listed in the corrections log.
Rankings, listings and money
This website may contain sponsored links, paid listings and advertising, and I may be paid a referral fee when a reader is connected to a company. Where a listing is sponsored, it is labelled. The disclosure page has the detail.
When I rank companies on a page, that ranking is my opinion, and you should read it as one. It is not the output of an inspection, an audit or a certification process, and I don't run any of those.
What this site is not
It is not an inspection. I haven't seen your house, and there is no way to diagnose a termite problem from a photograph or a description — not by me and not by anyone. Everything here is general information drawn from published research and regulatory guidance. It is not a substitute for an inspection by a licensed pest control operator in your state.
And Termite Registry is a publication, not a register.I don't stand behind any pest control company here. I haven't inspected them, I haven't checked their work, and a listing or a ranking is a starting point for your own calls rather than a substitute for making them. Look anyone up on your state's licensing board before you hire them. More on that in about.