Tri County Pest Control Inc

You’ve gotten the bad news that termites are in the attic and in walls throughout your home. There may be an option to tenting and fumigating your home. Products like timbor can be used in dust form or used as a foam to spread out and killed termites.

Did you know that termites will actually shed their wings once they reach a certain level of maturity? Finding piles of wings anywhere in your home can be a sign of an infestation.

You can test termite tubes to see if they are active or dead. An older mud tube will crumble easily where a live one will have more moisture in it and be harder to break apart. Live mud tunnels will also be rebuilt after they have been destroyed.

Although 45 species of termites are found in the United States, three varieties cause the most destruction to wooden structures every year. Termites damage about 600,000 homes across the country annually.

Queen termites are fertile and can produce colonies of 300,000 termites or more. Can you guess the lifespan of an average queen termite? Although a worker termite can live up to 24 months, a queen can live 20 to 30 years.