THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO LIQUID TERMITICIDE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A PYRETHROID AND A NEONICOTINOID SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF IMIDACLOPRID, NITHIAZINE, THIAMETHOXAM, DINOTEFURAN, NITENPYRAM, THIACLOPRID AND CLOTHIANADIN, THESE COMPOSITIONS RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN TERMITE MORTALITY AT LOW APPLICATION RATES AND A CONTINUOUS CHEMICAL BARIER OF A TERMITICIDE IN SOIL SURROUNDING AND BENEATH A STRUCTURE IN A LOCUS WHERE. TERMITES ARE SUSPECTED OI KNOWN TO EXIST.