I’m worried that we might have termites because I saw some things last fall that kind of looked like mud tubes on the basement wall. The Internet says that termites swarm in the spring. What should I be looking for if spring ever gets here? What do termite swarmers look like? A. F., Londonderry, NH
VIEW MOREWhen a pest control professional or an independent termite inspector visits your home for a termite inspection, he looks for certain situations that we know attract termites. Termites like moisture and they like water-damaged or damp wood that has softened. When termites infest a structure, the infestation usually begins in areas like those in the
VIEW MOREWe’ve always known that termites will chew through various materials in their search for wood. They’ve been known to tunnel through books, plasterboard, paper products, carpeting, clothing, and insulation. If the material is made of cellulose like paper, termites can actually ingest it just like wood. But if it’s plastic or some other non-cellulose material,
VIEW MOREMy home has had a big problem with termites these last couple weeks. I’m ready for them to be gone. I have tried a few different ways to get rid of them, but nothing has worked. I’ve never tried termite monitoring, but now I really want to. It sounds like it would work really well!
VIEW MORECertain conditions around the foundation of a home such as moisture, heavy mulch, and dense vegetation attract pests. Some pests such as millipedes, sow bugs, crickets, and earwigs thrive in damp places with decaying vegetation. In these situations, we direct customers to clean up and simplify conditions around the perimeter of their homes to keep
VIEW MOREWe just bought a 25-year old home and I’m worried about termites. How do we know whether the house has termite protection? What do we need to do to protect our new investment from wood damage? P. F., Norfolk, MA Good for you for being proactive. Too many people wait until they see evidence of
VIEW MOREI’ve read that Formosan termites can cause a lot of damage to a home in a relatively short time. I’ve also read that we don’t have Formosan termites here in the Northeast. How worried do we really need to be about termite damage? C.C., Sutton, MA It’s true that Formosan termites are really bad dudes.
VIEW MOREWe have a customer who has a pretty serious termite problem in her home but doesn’t want to schedule a termite service until next summer. She’s convinced herself that since we are approaching colder winter weather, the termites will stop any feeding activity until sometime next spring. “Well, they must hibernate,” she says. ‘Fraid not,
VIEW MOREUnlike carpenter ants which tunnel through wood, termites actually eat the wood so the damage they leave behind in the wood is not neat and clean as it is with carpenter ants. The damaged wood will be plastered with a muddy mixture of yellowish‑brown digested wood and soil. When it dries, it looks a bit
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