ADVISORY/World's Largest Termite Swarms up the Florida Coast; Tampa is Third Florida City to Host Interactive Termite Exhibit to Educate, Entertain Local Kids and Homeowners.Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Thursday-Sunday (Feb. 19-22) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Termidor Termidor is a brand name under which BASF sells Fipronil. Termidor is used as a conventional barrier treatment for termites. The product is used to apply a barrier to prevent termites from attacking structural wood. Termite termite or white ant, common name for a soft-bodied social insect of the order Isoptera. Termites are easily distinguished from ants by comparison of the base of the abdomen, which is broadly joined to the thorax in termites; in ants, there is Control
WHO: Kid City, The Children's Museum of Tampa
Termidor(R) Termite Control
WHAT: The 2004 Towering Termite Tour, the world's largest traveling
interactive termite exhibit housed in a two-story high
inflatable termite, is landing in Tampa after a successful
visits to Atlanta, Jacksonville Beach and Melbourne. Designed
to educate and entertain kids and their parents, the belly of
this bug (which is 69,000 times the size of a real termite)
houses terrariums of real termite colonies, unusual materials
attacked by termites like piano keys and magazines, fun
learning games, strange but true termite facts (for every
human on Earth, entomologists calculate there may be as many
as 1,000 pounds of termites!) and valuable take home
information for parents. Admission to the event is included
with entrance to Kid City.
WHERE &
WHEN Kid City, The Children's Museum of Tampa
7550 North Boulevard
Tampa, Florida
Thursday, February 19 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Friday, February 20 9am to 3pm
Saturday, February 21 10am to 5pm
Sunday, February 22 12pm to 5pm
WHY: Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles
H. Bronson, in partnership with the Florida Pest Management
Association, recently proclaimed February to be Termite
Awareness Month. Termidor Termite Control supports their
efforts to educate Florida families about the newest, most
effective ways to protect their homes from costly termite
damage, while providing an enriching and entertaining science
exhibit to curious youngsters.
B-Roll and high resolution photography available upon request. Footage includes children and adults commenting on tour exhibits and termite damage, sound bites sound bite n. A brief statement, as by a politician, taken from an audiotape or videotape and broadcast especially during a news report: "The box has been spitting forth maddening nine-second sound bites" from Nationally Syndicated home improvement expert Tom Kraeutler Tom Kraeutler is a home improvement broadcast journalist and author. Tom co-hosts (with Leslie Segrete) the nationally syndicated “Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show” broadcast on more than 200 stations every weekend, with an audience of more than 4 million , interior and exterior views of the Towering Termite, logos, and signage. |
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